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January 2008 |
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Features Top 10 space stories of 2007 By
Francis Reddy A brilliant comet stunned southern skywatchers, astronomers uncovered the most earthlike exoplanet yet, and physicists prepared to awaken their biggest machine ever. |
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Francis Reddy Learn more about the 2007's top space stories. |
The biggest planet's 5 deepest mysteries By
Michael Carroll From its inner core to its far-ranging magnetic field, Jupiter tightly guards its secrets. |
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Richard Talcott Interactions in Jupiter's vast magnetic field create sounds that will either shock you or have you whistling a tune. |
Illustrated: Earth impacts at a glance By
Francis Reddy Asteroids and comets have slammed into our planet innumerable times. Here's where they've hit. |
Observe celestial odd couples By
Alan Goldstein Double your pleasure by spotting two types of deep-sky objects at the same time. |
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Michael E. Bakich Point your telescope at another 10 celestial pairings. |
New pictures from old plates By
Charles Shahar Colorizing Digitized Sky Survey images creates a new world of astronomical portraits. |
A wide-field imager's dream scope By
Jim Burnell Tele Vue's NP101is delivers ultra-sharp images. |
Departments This month in AstronomyHappy birthday, Astronomy Web talk Letters Bob Berman's strange universe Glenn Chaple's observing basics What's inside your favorite eyepiece? Here's a peek at eyepieces across the spectrum of today's technology. |
Phil Harrington's binocular universe Web extra: Tour two more clusters in Taurus |
Explore these two star clusters near the border between Taurus and Orion. |
Stephen James O'Meara's secret sky Web extra: A Crystal Palace |
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