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January 2002 |
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Features Lurking in the Shadows By
Adam Frank A mysterious shadow universe composed of a bizarre new type of matter could exist all around us - and yet never interact with our own. |
pg. 36 |
Red Scare at Harvard By
Tony Ortega Harlow Shapley deduced the size of our galaxy and the sun's place in it, but his penchant for social causes didn't sit well with the FBI. |
pg. 42 |
Caught in the Tarantula's Web By
Greg Clark A dense cluster of massive stars powers the Tarantula Nebula, the biggest and most energetic star-forming region in our corner of the universe. |
pg. 48 |
Setting Sail for the Stars By
A.J.S. Rayl Space scientists soon hope to take their first baby steps into the galaxy by launching a spacecraft that will use the sun's radiation as a propulsive force. |
pg. 54 |
The Making of an Aurora By
Lucy Jago In the early 1900s, Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland built elaborate experiments to show how the sun created the northern lights. |
pg. 72 |
Celestial Portraits: Canis Major By
Tom Polakis Although Sirius dominates the constellation of the Big Dog, it's the bright clusters and distant galaxies that will keep deep-sky observers happy. |
pg. 78 |
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