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February 1998 |
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Features Come Play With Us A Guide to ASTRONOMY's 25th Anniversary Competitions |
pg. 20 |
The A List Looking back on history's great amateur astronomers. |
pg. 34 |
Origins of Everything How did the universe come to be? For the first time, humanity stands on the cusp of understanding how the cosmos, the elements, the stars, and the planets sprang forth. |
pg. 37 |
Planting Primordial Seeds By
Rocky Kolb Minuscule fluctuations in the fiery cauldron just after the Big Bang laid the foundation for all we see today. |
pg. 38 |
On Becoming the Material World By
James Glanz Everything consists of chemical elements, the building blocks of the universe. |
pg. 44 |
The Story of Starbirth By
Robert Naeye Deep inside molecular clouds, stars turn on and light up the galaxies. |
pg. 50 |
From Pebbles to Planets By
Tom Yulsman Rocky and gaseous debris orbiting stars comes together to make a suitable home for living things. |
pg. 56 |
Plunge into Darkness By
Richard Talcott The complete guide to the February 26 total solar eclipse that will wash darkness over northern South America and the islands of the Caribbean. |
pg. 74 |
Southwest Passage By
Patricia A. Kurtz New Mexico holds a bounty for astronomy enthusiasts, with observatories, telescopes, a resort, and - gasp! - a supposed UFO landing site. |
pg. 82 |
Ask Astro ASTRONOMY answers your questions about the sky and the universe. |
pg. 94 |
Departments Behind the Scenes On the Origin of Covers Talking Back AstroNews - Fireworks in the Antennae
- Mixed News from Mars
- Two More Moons for Uranus
- Proxima Planet?
- Massive Eruption on Io
- Farewell to Mars Pathfinder
- Are All Stellar Black Holes the Same Size? Sky Show Venus at its morning brightest and a rash of planetary conjunctions get overshadowed by this month's solar eclipse. Star Stuff Products
- Model AO-7 Adaptive Optics System
- Solar System Audio Tape
Books
- Portraits of Discovery
Bytes
- SkyMap 3.1
- CyberSky Looking Ahead Resources and Photofacts Advertiser Index Hot Shots Farewell to an Old Friend Ultimate Exposure
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