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Bulletin at a GlanceNews |
Kepler’s Bonus: New Insights on Stars
April 8, 2011 | Using observations from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have found that about one-fourth of stars like the Sun slowly throb in ways that reveal their sizes and masses as never before. > read more
The “Pioneer Anomaly”: Case Closed
April 4, 2011 | A mysterious force has been slowing down the starbound Pioneer 10 and 11 probes for decades. A fresh analysis confirms the suspicion that it was nothing more than heat reflecting off each probe’s big communication dish. > read more
The Central European Deep Sky Imaging Conference
April 5, 2011 | The Biennial CEDIC in Austria brought together hundreds of astrophotographers to share their techniques and imagery. > read more
 S&T: Lauren Darby
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Tour April’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
March 31, 2011 | Look out! Jupiter is no longer ruling the evening sky, and sky critters are on the march in the north, east, and south. > read more
Saturn’s New Bright Storm
December 27, 2010 | A massive new storm in the ringed planet’s northern hemisphere is bright enough to see in small telescopes. > read more
 Christopher Go
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
April 8, 2011 | Saturn is now in fine telescopic view, just past opposition. And the waxing Moon occults one of the brightest stars of the year for eastern North America. > read more
 S&T: Jessica Kloss
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Video Interview with Sean Walker
April 7, 2011 | Sean Walker talks about his job at Sky & Telescope and how he started astrophotography. > read more