Mercury's Hidden Side
One of Mercury’s most noticeable features is its seemingly unpredictable orbit, which takes it as close as 29 million miles to the sun, and as far away from it as 43 million miles. This was a source of frustration among early astronomers, because ... [... more]
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Pulsar Astronomy, 3rd Edition (Cambridge Astrophysics)
 Since their discovery in 1967, pulsars have assumed a central role in astronomy and astrophysics, offering an opportunity to explore theoretical physics under extreme conditions. Pulsar Astronomy provides an ideal introductory account for those entering ... [... more]
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Eta Aquarids - Remnants Of Halley's Comet
The shower is after Eta Aquarii, a 4th-magnitude star in the constellation Aquarius, which has no connection to the eta Aquarids except that the shower appears to emanate from that location. This year is expected to good for viewing the eta ... [... more]
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Rhea -- Moon Of Saturn
Rhea was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Cassini; now the Cassini spacecraft has spotted evidence of at least one ring around the moon. The spacecraft has not taken images of the ring yet, but its instruments detected a debris disk around Rhea ... [... more]
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Andy Bellin
On his way to a master's degree in astrophysics, Andy Bellin made the fatal mistake of falling in love with poker. Leaving graduate school at age twenty-two, he has played semipro poker for ten years. His writing has ... [... more]
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Nancy Kress
DAVID BRIN has written or contributed to a dozen works of fiction and science fiction, has a Ph.D in astrophysics, and has been a professor and a NASA consultant.NANCY KRESS is the author of fourteen books of fantasy ... [... more]
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Nobel Prizes Reward U.S. Scientists And Research
American scientists have once again won the lion's share of the Nobel Prizes. The 2002 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded Oct. 8, 2002, and will be shared by three scientists who led to the establishment of new branches of astrophysics. They are ... [... more]
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Dan Hooper
Dan Hooper is a fellow in the theoretical astrophysics group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, where he investigates dark matter, supersymmetry, neutrinos, extra dimensions, and ... [... more]
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Physics and Astrophysics of Hadrons and Hadronic Matter
Physics and Astrophysics of Hadrons and Hadronic Matter [... more]
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The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesy
A masterly survey of the last 13 years of Very Long Baseline Interferometry, reviewed in light of the most advanced astronomical observations. Topics covered include: Nonthermal emission from extragalactic radio sources; Principles of synchrotron ... [... more]
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Cosmology And Particle Astrophysics, Proceedings Of The ...
The 2002 International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA2002) was held from May 31 to June 2, 2002, in Taipei, Taiwan. The topics covered during the symposium included: (1) CMB Physics: SZ Surveys, Polarizations, Large-Scale ... [... more]
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High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics ...
During the past several years, research teams around the world have developed astrophysics-relevant utilizing high energy-density facilities such as intense lasers and z-pinches. Research is underway in many areas, such as compressible hydrodynamic ... [... more]
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