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2007 magazine index

Subject Karin cluster, 10:32–37 observing, 4:62–65 new class of, 12:29 black holes spin affected by , 9:24 artist's renderings of, 4:58–59 Numbers , 8:27 dark energy, 8:66 2MASS1207-3932 ( Astrolight AZ6 and AZ8 reflector effect on space, 11:63 ), 9:24 , 11:70–73 evaporation of, 9:74–75 3C 273 (), 10:87 astronauts event horizon, 4:26–31 18 Scorpii (star), 8:27 Aldrin, Buzz, 2:25 falling into, 2:75 1987A (), 10:26–31 Armstrong, Neil, 3:23 growth of, 11:26 2003 EL61 ( object), charges of drunkenness, 11:21 measuring, 9:26 9:23 , educational newly discovered, 3:25, 7:26 2006gy (supernova), 9:24 requirements for, 3:68–69 outburst from, 5:25 2007 NS2 (Trojan asteroid), 11:21 Astronomical Society of the Pacific possibly seeding life, 8:27 2007ck (supernova), 10:21 (ASP), 8:68–70 rogue, 9:24 2007co (supernova), 10:21 astronomy rotation of, 11:28–33 amateurs' favorite observation super-massive, 4:19, 20 A spots, 12:96–97 , 3:26–31 AAS (American Astronomical avoiding common frustrations, Blue Flash (NGC 6905) (planetary Society), 7:25 5:70–71 ), 11:87 , 3:32–37 basic terminology, 4:66–67 Blue , 5:69 active galactic nuclei (AGNs), online discussion groups, 3:70– bolides (fireballs), 7:12 3:26–31, 12:24 72 brown dwarf , 9:24 Adler Planetarium and Astronomy top ten stories of 2006, 1:34–43 Bullet Cluster (1E 0657-56), 1:24 Museum (Chicago), 7:74–77 visual perception, 6:14 Advanced Camera for Surveys, Astronomy.com, 12:86–87 C 5:22 astrophotography, digital, 6:68–73 (NGC 1499), AGNs (active galactic nuclei), , 7:34–38 7:87 3:26–31, 12:24 Aurora Borealis (northern ) (), AL 3 (), 1:25 image of, 2:92 1:20 Aldrin, Buzz, 2:25 March 13, 1989, 3:14 (constellation), 1:101 All-wavelength Extended Groth rockets shot into, 7:25 (constellation), Strip International Survey 3:16, 5:16 (AEGIS) project, 7:22 B (constellation), 3:16 (star), 11:26 bacteria, space-grown, 12:25 (constellation), 3:16 American Astronomical Society Barnard 86 (), 2:95 (constellation), 10:14 (AAS), 7:25 barred spiral Center, 2:23 Andromeda (M31), 9:27 NGC 1365, 2:93, 9:23 Carnegie Observatories (Chile), angular measurements, 8:76 NGC 6744, 7:87 9:34–39 , 3:23 Beagle 2 lander, 6:27 Cassini spacecraft, 2:22, 26, 6:52– apochromatic refractor (APO) (M44), 1:101 55 telescopes, 4:70–73, 10:70–72 BepiColombo spacecraft, 6:30 (supernova), 2:8–9, Apollo missions, 6:18, 12:25 (star), 5:12 25 (constellation), 10:14 theory Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), Ariel (Uranus' moon), 1:25 expansion versus explosion, 4:88 Armstrong, Neil, 3:23 8:66–67 CCD (charge coupled device) ASP (Astronomical Society of the forging of first elements, 10:32– cameras, 2:78–81, 7:70–72 Pacific), 8:68–70 37 Cederblad 111 (nebula), 3:86 asterisms, 2:96 relic neutrinos, 4:38–43 Celestron asteroids where happened, 3:68 C6 Schmidt-Cassegrain See also names of specific systems , 3:76–77 asteroids See also names of specific CPC 1100 GPS telescope, 8:72– collision with , binary star systems 74 12:28 cocooned, 6:28 SkyScout Personal Planetarium, discovery and naming, 7:40–43 colliding-wind, 6:30 2:82–83 earthbound, 9:74, 11:62–63, 66– debris disks, 7:23 (constellation), 8:26 69, 12:14

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Centaurus A (NGC 5128) (galaxy), Cone Nebula (NGC 2264), 9:97 E 2:93 consciousness, 11:10 (M16) Ceres (asteroid), 11:12, 12:viii conservation laws of physics, 1:80 hot dust cloud, 5:24 Chandler Wobble, 9:12 X-ray images of, 7:25 Change 1 (lunar satellite), 2:25 See also names of specific Chaple's Arc, 9:14 constellations asteroid impacts, 9:74, 11:62– charge coupled device (CCD) boundaries of, 4:59 63, 66–69, 12:14 cameras, 2:78–81, 7:70–72 coronal ejections (CMEs), core-mantle boundary, 3:23 Charon ('s moon), 11:22 2:29, 10:21 early production, 3:24 Chile COROT (satellite), 5:22, 6:27 , 1:26, 9:12 Carnegie Observatories, 9:34–39 cosmic evolution, 5:34–39 formation of, 12:34–37 European Southern Observatory , 5:20 sensing rotation of, 2:16, 7:14 (ESO), 4:19 Cosmic Horseshoe, 10:23 Silverpit Structure, 7:23 China cosmic inflation, 1:40–41 vernal equinox, 3:12 destroys satellite, 5:25 cosmic background, 4:24 whirlpools in magnetosphere, Long March boosters, 10:21 cosmic microwave background 4:19 Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, 3:22 (CMB), 12:26, 38–43 earthquakes, 2:29 circumpolar stars, 1:104 , 5:28–33 EAS (External Ammonia Supply), CMB (cosmic microwave Cosmos 1 (), 2:28 2:24 background), 12:26, 38–43 (M1), 1:70–73 Eight-Pack, 9:14 CMEs (coronal mass ejections), the Swan (constellation), Einstein, Albert, 11:40–43 2:29, 10:21 10:88 Einstein Probes Office, 10:21 Coathanger (), 2:96 Einstein rings, 10:23 colliding-wind binary star systems, D elliptical galaxies, 8:26 6:30 dark energy ELTs (extremely large telescopes), Collinder 135 (), 3:16 age of, 4:24 4:12, 7:52–55 Collinder 140 (), 3:16 matter versus energy, 9:24 emission nebulae. See names of color descriptions, 8:76 overview, 9:34–39 specific emission nebulae Cluster (galaxy source of, 8:66 empty space, 9:28–33 cluster), 8:23, 10:25 Enceladus (Saturn's moon), 9:21 Comet Boethin (85P/Boethin), defined, 2:74 energy 12:xv dwarf galaxies, 9:24 dark, 4:24, 8:66, 9:24, 34–39 Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) first direct evidence of, 1:24 transformation of, 5:12 images of, 4:87, 6:87 ring of, 9:20 Envisat (satellite), 3:23 overview, 5:54–59 dark nebulae, 2:95 (star), 12:44–47 peak, 4:19 Dawn spacecraft, 6:26, 10:22 equator, 1:26, 9:12 pull-out poster, 5:after 44 de Chéseaux's Comet (C/1743 X1), equatorial coordinate system, 3:69 resemblance to de Chéseaux's 5:60–61 Eris (dwarf ), 1:41 Comet, 5:60–61 debris disks, 11:21 ESO (European Southern zodiacal light, 6:20–21 (space probe), 6:30, Observatory) (Chile), 4:19 Comet Pojmanski (C/2006 AI), 10:21 (star), 6:32–37, 8:27 11:87 dinosaurs, 1:26 Eta Carinae Nebula (NGC 3372), Comet Swan (C/2006 M4), 4:86 , 2:27 6:32–37, 8:27 Comet Tempel 1, 6:30 double stars. See binary star Europa ('s moon), 1:25 Comet Tuttle (8P/Tuttle), 12:iii systems European Extremely Large Comet Wild 2 (81P/Wild), 1:42– (M27) (NGC Telescope, 4:12 43, 4:18, 8:67 6853), 9:68–73 European Gravitational comets dwarf galaxies Observatory, 8:27 See also names of specific dark matter, 9:24 European Southern Observatory comets newly discovered, 5:27, 10:25 (ESO) (Chile), 4:19 defined, 10:63 origin of , 3:22 ExoMars rover, 11:21 of woolly mammoth, dwarf , 12:viii 10:21 HD 149026b, 9:24 pull-out poster, 5:after 44 HD 209458b, 6:26 qualifying as "great", 5:44–45 hot oceans, 9:26 space probe missions to, 5:44 , 11:62

2 2007 Astronomy magazine index

largest with confirmed diameter, GeneSat-1 (satellite), 4:19 finds faintest stars in globular 12:28 Gladstone meteorite, 3:25 cluster, 1:25 life on, 12:44–47 Gliese 581 (star), 8:20 sees cloud on Uranus, 1:30 number discovered, 1:38 globular clusters servicing of, 2:25 observing stars that have, 12:xiii See also names of specific of Uranus' moon, 1:25 expansion of , 9:75 globular clusters ultra-short-period planets, 1:44– External Ammonia Supply (EAS), Hubble finds faintest stars in, 49 2:24 1:25 Huchra, John P., 7:25 extraterrestrial life, 11:10, 12:44– most distant, 5:24 Huygens (probe), 1:30 47 possibly orbiting Milky Way, -alpha (Hα) light extremely large telescopes (ELTs), 7:27 filters, 3:66–67 4:12, 7:52–55 variety in stellar makeup, 7:23 solar images, 12:111 eyepieces, telescope, 12:16 GOCE ( Field and Steady- Hyperion (Saturn's moon), 10:21 State Ocean Circulation F Explorer), 2:24 I Fairy Ring, 9:14 gravity Iani Chaos (martian region), 6:29 Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic large-scale effects of, 8:34–39 IC 1848 (), 6:85 Explorer (FUSE), 12:29 leakage of, 7:62–63 IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Ferris, Timothy, 9:82–83 gravity assists, 12:88 6:27 finder scopes, 5:14 Gravity Field and Steady-State IDA (International Dark-Sky FITS Liberator (software), 8:84–87 Ocean Circulation Explorer Association), 2:72–73 FLI MaxCam ME2 charge-coupled (GOCE), 2:24 Il Pegasi (binary ), 2:29 device camera, 7:70–72 GRBs (gamma-ray bursts), 1:40, illusions, in astronomical fossil-fuels, carbon-dioxide 4:21 observations, 4:14–15 emissions from, 4:19 , 5:16 Ina (lunar caldera), 2:28 France, fusion reactor, 4:19 green stars, 4:59 India FUSE (Far-Ultraviolet Gruber Cosmology Prize, 10:25 launch of space capsule, 5:25 Spectroscopic Explorer), 12:29 Mars mission, 3:22 H International Dark-Sky Association G Hayabusa spacecraft, 1:38–39 (IDA), 2:72–73 G65.3+5.7 (Sharpless 2-91) HD 149026b (), 9:24 International Space Station (ISS) (), 5:87 HD 15115 (star), 10:25, 11:21 air quality, 2:25 Galactic Suites space hotel, 12:25 HD 209458b ( exoplanet), disposal of External Ammonia Galaxias Fossae (martian feature), 6:26, 8:27 Supply (EAS), 2:24 2:29 HD 98800 (quadruple star system), exercise regimen, 5:26 galaxies 11:24 ion-propulsion engines, 6:30 See also names of specific heat lightning, 7:12 irradiation, 3:18–19 galaxies (NGC 7293), 7:27 ISS. See International Space dwarf, 3:22, 5:27, 9:24, 10:25 Cluster (Abell 2151) Station elliptical, 8:26 (M13) evolution of, 4:19 images of, 11:87, 12:12–13 J loss of gas, 6:27 overview, 5:64–67 James Webb Space Telescope, 4:12 merging, 12:27 Herschel, Frederick William, 6:38– Jamestown, Virginia, 10:21 Seyfert, 3:26–31 43 Japan supergalaxies, 12:28 High Resolution Imaging Science lunar mission, 4:19 theories, 11:54–55 Experiment (Mars), 2:36–41 Selenological and Engineering young, 12:25 Hinode (satellite), 1:25, 2:23 Explorer satellite, 11:24 (web-based project), "Home Plate" (martian feature), Japan Aerospace Exploration 11:20 9:24 Agency (JAXA), 8:26 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), 1:40, hot , 2:66–67, 9:24 JP Aerospace, 5:22 4:21 Hotspot Galaxy, 4:54–57 Jupiter gas giant planets, 2:66–67 Hubble Space Telescope alignment, 1:16 gaseous bullets, 8:24 Advanced Camera for Surveys, conjunction with , 12:xiv North Telescope (Hawaii), 5:22 Europa (moon), 1:25 2:29 exoplanets, 11:62 gravitational forces, 8:34–39

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images of, 9:99 LightBridge (Dobsonian-mounted spacecraft, 9:22 metallic water, 1:26 telescope), 5:72–74 topographic map, 6:29 New Horizons (spacecraft), LIGO (Laser Interferometer water, 3:20 4:32–37, 8:28–33 Gravitational-Wave Observatory), Mars Atmosphere and Volatile observing in 2008, 12:ix 8:27 Evolution (MAVEN) mission, why didn't become a star, 1:80– Livio, Mario, 3:52–56 5:22 81 LNRe (Luminous Red Novae), Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), 9:23 3:25, 8:23 K Long March boosters, 10:21 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Karin cluster (asteroids), 10:38–43 LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance (MRO) Karl G. Jansky Lectureship award, Orbiter) Participating Scientist begins primary science mission, 10:21 Program, 10:25 3:24 Keck Observatory, 4:19 Luminous Red Novae (LNRe), images from, 1:30, 10:54–55 Kemble's Cascade (asterism), 1:20 9:23 overview, 1:36–37 Kepler (lunar feature), 3:87 Lunar Advanced Science and MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Kuiper Belt object 2003 EL61, 9:23 Exploration Research (LASER) Volatile Evolution) mission, 5:22 Program, 10:25 Meade eyepieces, 10:74–75 L lunar , 12:iv Megrez 90mm apochromatic L1551 IRS5 (multiple-star system), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter refractor (APO) (telescope), 4:24 (LRO) Participating Scientist 10:70–72 (M8) Program, 10:25 Melotte 15 (open cluster), 4:87 images of, 1:102–103, 2:94 LXD75 AR-6 AT achromat Menten, Karl, 10:21 observing, 8:16–17 (telescope), 9:86–87 Mercury overview, 7:58–61 geology of, 9:27 landers. See names of specific M observing in 2008, 12:vii landers M9 (globular cluster), 12:111 transits, 2:25, 3:18–19, 5:85–86 Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), M15 (globular cluster), 7:87 MESSENGER mission, 5:68–69 8:27, 12:74–79 M21 (star cluster), 7:20–21 Messier nebula, 3:14 Large Bolometer Camera, 12:25 M24 (star cloud), 5:88 metallic water, 1:26 (galaxy), M30 (globular cluster), 6:86 meteoroids, 7:23 6:8–9 M35 (open cluster), 9:98 meteors LASER (Lunar Advanced Science M41 (open cluster), 3:16 ejecta, 11:21 and Exploration Research) M55 (globular cluster), 6:86 observing in 2008, 12:vi Program, 10:25 M68 (globular cluster), 6:86 speed of, 6:64 Laser Interferometer Gravitational- M72 (globular cluster), 6:86 MGS (Mars Global Surveyor), Wave Observatory (LIGO), 8:27 M80 (globular cluster), 5:87 3:25, 8:23 Laser-Assisted In-Situ M81 (), 10:22 microbes, in , 11:22 Keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery, M101 (galaxy), 8:10–11 Milky Way Galaxy 11:74–75 , 4:58 dwarf galaxies, 3:22, 5:27 LASIK (Laser-Assisted In-Situ magnetic fields, 2:74–75 future collision, 9:27 Keratomileusis) surgery, 11:74– magnetism, 3:25 how astronomers observe, 2:58– 75 Markarian 205 (quasar), 10:87 63 LBT (Large Binocular Telescope), Mars objects visible during summer, 8:27, 12:74–79 ancient ocean, 11:26 10:16–17 LCROSS mission, 5:22 carbon dioxide snow, 7:24 possible globular cluster Lemaitre, Georges Henri, 11:40–43 climate, 6:27 orbiting, 7:27 (constellation), 4:76 comments by Buzz Aldrin, 2:25 satellite galaxies, 1:39 Leonid meteors, 11:16–17 cosmic radiation, 6:27 Millennium Run simulation, 5:34– LH54-425 (binary star system), dust storm, 10:25 39 10:24 Galaxias Fossae, 2:29 (), 2:42–47, 12:24 light ice at south pole, 7:23 Mojave Air and Space Port, 11:26 asteroid spin affected by, 9:24 images of, 1:64–69, 101, 2:36– Mons Gruithuisen Gamma (lunar bending of, 8:27 41, 10:54–55 feature), 3:87 zodiacal, 6:20–21 impact craters, 5:27 moon (Earth's) , 2:72–73 linear structures, 10:20 albedo (reflectance), 8:66 observing, 12:92–94, ii Apollo 11 flag, 11:62

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apparent size, 1:50–51 observing, 10:58–61 Onyx 80EDF (telescope), 1:90–91 Blue, 5:69 planetary, 3:60–63, 8:27, 11:87 open clusters doubt about existence of ice on, NEOs (near-earth objects), 11:66– See also names of specific open 1:25 69, 12:25 clusters eclipses, 8:85, 12:iv Neptune winter's 12 best, 2:68–69 first words spoken from, 3:23 carbon, 11:21 (constellation), 7:16 full, 1:16, 6:16 metallic water, 1:26 Opportunity rover impact large enough to de-orbit, observing in 2008, 12:xi clocks 1,000 martian days, 2:23 5:68 orbit of, 10:62 image of, 1:8–9 Ina caldera, 2:28 neutron stars passes 10,000 meter mark, 6:27 increase of orbital distance, crashing, 1:40 software updates, 5:26–27 6:65, 7:62 defined, 3:35 Victoria Crater, 2:25, 7:23 Kepler Crater, 3:87 overview, 3:32–37 orbiters. See names of specific lunar dust, 7:23 steady magnetic fields, 2:74–75 orbiters; space shuttle missions Mons Gruithuisen Gamma, 3:87 XTE J1739-285, 6:27 (constellation), 2:20 of Venus, 12:110 New Horizons spacecraft (M42) occulting Saturn, 8:87 exploration of Jupiter, 6:24, apparent size, 1:50–51 ocean tides, 8:34–39 8:28–33 gaseous bullets, 8:24 Plato Crater, 11:86 overview, 4:32–37 Orion 100ED EQ-G probes, 7:24 NGC 1097 (spiral galaxy), 8:86 apochromatic refractor (APO) Schiller Crater, 3:87 NGC 1313 (spiral galaxy), 8:87 telescope, 4:70–73 smallest, 1:16 NGC 1350 (spiral galaxy), 8:87 ozone hole, 1:28 SMART-1 satellite, 12:28 NGC 1365 (), static electricity, 6:27 2:93, 9:23 P street-corner astronomy, 10:52 NGC 1579 (nebula), 3:88 PG 1634+706 (quasar), 10:87 U.S. plans to return by 2020, NGC 2158 (cluster), 9:98 Phobos-Grunt (spacecraft), 3:22, 4:22 NGC 2403 (spiral galaxy), 4:8–9, 7:23 use in space navigation, 7:24 10:86 Phoenix (spacecraft), 9:22, 11:21 Vitello Crater, 3:87 NGC 2467 (open cluster), 9:10–11 Photoshop (software), 1:84–87 "woman in the Moon", 9:18–19 NGC 2808 (globular cluster), 9:22 physics, conservation laws of, 1:80 . See moon (Earth's); names NGC 3166 (spiral galaxy), 9:98 , 11:14 of specific moons NGC 3169 (spiral galaxy), 9:98 planetary nebulae MRO (Mars Reconnaissance NGC 3576 (emission nebula), 5:87 Blue Flash (NGC 6905), 11:87 Orbiter). See Mars NGC 3603 (emission nebula), 5:87 Sharpless 2-188, 8:27 Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) NGC 4605 (spiral galaxy), 4:54–57 winter's best, 3:60–63 multiple-star systems, 4:24 NGC 6144 (globular cluster), 6:60– planets 63 See also exoplanets; names of N NGC 6397 (globular cluster), 1:25 specific planets NASA (National Aeronautics and NGC 6559 (nebula), 1:102–103 dwarf, 1:41, 12:viii Space Administration) NGC 6744 (barred spiral galaxy), gas giant, 2:66–67 computer sabotage, 11:24 7:87 hot Jupiters, 2:66–67, 9:24 Einstein Probes Office, 10:21 Nobel Prize, 2:29 migration of, 2:66–67 Lunar Advanced Science and northern lights. See Aurora occulting other planets, 1:81 Exploration Research Borealis orbiting Gliese 581, 8:20 (LASER) Program, 10:25 photographing alignments, 7:88 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter O transiting other planets, 1:81 (LRO) Participating Scientist O type stars, 8:24 ultra-short-period, 1:44–49 Program, 10:25 observatories "Planets this month" fold-out map robot testing, 11:24 See also names of specific instructions, 11:63 simulated lunar dust, 9:23 observatories bands, 1:26 near-earth objects (NEOs), 11:66– ancient, 8:40–43 plasma clouds, 8:23 69, 12:25 neighborhood, 9:78–81 Plato Crater (lunar feature), 11:86 nebulae in Texas, 10:66–69 cluster (M45), 12:16 See also names of specific ocean warming, 10:21 Pluto nebulae (M17), 2:95 Charon (moon), 11:22

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classified as , 1:41 satellites observing in 2008, 12:viii flashes from, 7:12 cosmic alignment of, 12:38–43 orbit of, 10:62 Saturn future of, 9:27 Porter Garden Telescope, 6:74–77 See also names of specific orbital plane, 12:88 precession, 2:16 moons orbiting Solar TErrestrial RElations probes. See names of specific discovery of unknown ring, 1:25 Observatory (STEREO), 2:29 probes F ring moonlets, 1:31 South Pole Telescope, 6:30 G ring, 12:25 space shuttle missions in Crab Nebula (M1), 1:70–73 images of, 1:101, 2:22, 26, 95 Hubble servicing mission, 5:22 PSR B0329+54, 11:24 observations by Cassini O-ring seals, 11:21 PSR J0737-3039A/B, 1:28 spacecraft, 6:52–55 space-grown bacteria, 12:25 observing in 2008, 12:v STS-117, 118, 120 delayed, 2:25 Q occulted by Moon, 8:87 STS-121, 1:35–36 QSO 0957+561 (twin quasar), ring spokes, 3:24 space tourism, 10:21 10:87 , 6:55–56 spacecraft six-sided feature around north See also names of specific See also names of specific pole, 8:23 spacecraft; space shuttle quasars (NGC 7009), 5:86 missions AGN, 3:26–31 Schiller Crater (lunar feature), 3:87 diagram of thirty-nine, 3:58–59 merging galaxies, 12:27 scientific integrity, 4:24 SpaceNet (software tool), 7:25 of, 9:23 (constellation), 6:60–63 spacesuits, 11:21 triple, 5:22 Seagull Nebula (Sharpless 2-296), Spindle Galaxy, 4:54–57 twin, 10:87 8:88 spiral galaxies. See names of Seeing in the Dark (film), 9:82–83 specific spiral galaxies R Selene lunar orbiter, 8:26 Spirit rover R136a (star cluster), 5:8–9 Selenological and Engineering clocks 1,000 martian days, 2:23 R-7 missile rocket (semyorka), Explorer (satellite), 11:24 "Home Plate" feature, 9:24 5:26 South (star cluster), 12:25 software updates, 5:26–27 stars, 4:19 SETI Institute, 2:23 winter activity, 7:23 Red Planet Capital, Inc., 2:29 Seyfert galaxies, 3:26–31 , 12:25 red shift, 5:40–43 shadows, scientific usefulness of, Spring Diamond, 5:16 , 9:25 2:14 Sputnik (satellite), 10:12, 24 red stars, 12:82–84 shape-shifting planet probes, 9:24 Sputnik-2 (spacecraft), 11:22 , 12:88 Sharpless 2-129 (emission nebula), star clusters. See globular clusters; relativity, theory of, 1:28 2:93 names of specific star clusters; relic neutrinos, 4:38–43 Sharpless 2-171, 11:88 open clusters Rhea (Saturn's moon), 5:22 Sharpless 2-188 (), Stardust (spacecraft) rockets 8:27 particles collected by, 1:42–43, Dutch, 6:27 Sharpless 2-230, 8:86 4:18, 8:67 Russian, 5:22, 26 of deep-space reassignment, 10:21 Rosetta (comet probe), 7:23 observation, 8:52–57 stars Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Silver Needle Galaxy, 4:54–57 See also names of specific stars (RXTE), 3:32–37 Silverpit Structure (feature on binary, 4:62–65, 6:28, 30, 7:23 rovers. See names of specific rovers Earth), 7:23 birth of, 8:27 Simonyi, Charles, 7:23 brown dwarves, 9:24 rockets, 5:22, 26 Skiff, Brian, 7:64–67 circumpolar, 1:104 space-science plans, 1:28 SMART-1 (satellite), 12:28 colors emitted by, 8:14 RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory dying, 8:27 Explorer), 3:32–37 for ), 1:25 green, 4:59 solar eclipses, 12:x low-mass, 8:27 solar flares multiple, 4:24 S affects GPS signal, 8:27 neutron, 1:40, 2:74–75, 3:32–37, S/2007 54 (Saturn's moon), 11:21 Il Pegasi (), 2:29 6:27 Sagittarius (constellation), 8:77 solar photography, 1:76–79 O type, 8:24 satellites solar prominences, 10:63 red, 12:82–84 See also names of specific solar sails, 2:28 red dwarves, 4:19

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variable, 11:56–59 Texas, observatories in, 10:66–69 infrared images of, 8:22 white dwarves, 3:23, 12:28 TGE (The Great Escape) mission, observations by famous leaders, stellar dust puffs, 12:26 5:22 5:18–19 stellar winds, 10:62 The Great Escape (TGE) mission, observing in 2008, 12:xii STEREO (Solar TErrestrial 5:22 occultation of, 12:110 RElations Observatory), 2:29 Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) phases of, 1:18 Stern, S. Alan, 5:22 project, 11:21 zenith, 1:16 Stratospheric Observatory for time travel, 7:63 (spacecraft) Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Titan (Saturn's moon) infrared images, 8:22 1:25 atmosphere, 6:30 overview, 1:36–37 street-corner astronomy, 10:52–53 giant cloud, 6:27 maps, 4:24 string theory, implications if Huygens (probe), 1:30 vernal equinox, 3:12 wrong, 2:30–34 methane breaking up into Victoria Crater (martian feature), ethane, 1:26 1:8–9, 2:25 colors emitted by, 8:14 overview, 11:34–39 Viking landers, 5:22 coronal mass ejections (CMEs), sea of hydrocarbons, 7:27 visual perception, 6:14 2:29, 10:21 TMT (Thirty-Meter Telescope) Vitello Crater (lunar feature), 3:87 green flash, 12:88–89 project, 11:21 Vixen Optical Skypod mount, halos, 12:20–21 (constellation), 11:14 12:98–101 heating of corona, 7:25 (M20), 1:102–103, volcanism, seafloor, 3:23 life cycle, 7:28–33 7:20–21 Volcano Nebula, 9:100 photographing, 1:76–79 triple quasars, 5:22 Voyager space probes, 12:25 seismic activity, 12:25 Trojan asteroids, 11:21 solar , 12:x Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 2-101), W solar minimum, 11:20 12:111 water, sublimation of, 9:75 sundogs, 12:20–21 , 10:10 WFA (World Fire ), 3:23 sunspot activity, 12:25 twin quasars, 10:87 white dwarf stars transit of Mercury, 2:25 Tyurin, Mikhail, 3:23 asteroid collision with, 12:28 tsunami-like shock wave, 4:22 lowest-mass, 8:27 supergalaxies, 12:28 U supernovae, 3:23 Supernova 1987A, 10:26–31 ultra-short-period planets, 1:44–49 Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Supernova 2007ck, 10:21 Ulysses (solar probe), 6:27 Probe (WMAP), 1:40–41 Supernova 2007co, 10:21 United States Naval Observatory William , 10:70–72 supernovae (USNO), 8:58–63 Winnecke 4 (M40) (binary star See also names of specific universe, expansion of, 6:64–65 system), 12:111 supernove Uranus WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave dark energy, 9:34–39 carbon, 11:21 Anisotropy Probe), 1:40–41 Eta Carinae, 6:32–37 cloud, 1:30 World Fire Atlas (WFA), 3:23 overview, 3:38–43 observing in 2008, 12:xi searching for, 3:70–72 orbit of, 10:62 X , 7:12 overview, 6:38–43 Xena (2003 UB313), 1:41 white dwarves, 3:23 rings, 12:29 XTE J1739-285 (), 6:27 transit of Ariel, 1:25 T Y telescopes V Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii- See also names of specific (variable star), Paddack (YORP) effect, 9:24 telescopes 4:19 2008 buyer's guide, 9:i–xx Van den Bergh 14 and 15 apochromatic refractor (APO), Z (nebulae), 5:86, 6:88 ZenithStar 66SD apochromatic 4:70–73, 10:70–72 variable stars, 11:56–59 ELTs, 4:12, 7:52–55 refractor (APO) telescope, 10:70– (star), 9:16 72 finder, 5:14 Veil Nebula (NGC 6960), 7:10–11 go-to capabilities, 4:74 zodiacal light, 6:20–21 (supernova remnant), 7:86 Telescopes of Vermont, 6:74–77 Venus Temple of the Fox (Peru), 8:40–43 conjunction with Jupiter, 12:xiv

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Author Family ties reveal asteroid C origins, 10:38–10:43

A Carroll, Michael Adkins, Larry Astronomers find direct E The Americas' oldest evidence of dark matter, 1:24 Eicher, David J. observatory, 8:40–8:43 Earth of the outer solar system, Hubble image is best of M81, 11:34–11:39 10:22 Chaple, Glenn Stardust turns the table on comet B Angular distances and colors, formation, 4:18 Baird, Laura 8:76 Astronomy.com gets an extreme An asterism by any other name, makeover, 12:86–12:87 F 9:14 Fraknoi, Andrew Tale of the fox, 8:41 Celestron's SkyScout, 2:82–2:83 Bakich, Michael E. Spreading astronomy around the Ease into the Messier marathon, world, 8:68–8:70 15 tips for observing Mars, 3:14 12:92–12:94 Frank, Adam Finding the right finder, 5:14 How the Big Bang forged the Big bang for your astronomy Full Moon fever, 6:16 bucks, 2:70–2:71 first elements, 10:32–10:37 Goddess of beauty, 1:18 The Livio Code, 3:52–3:56 The brass and glass of Go-to a-go-go, 4:74 astronomy's past, 7:74–7:77 Happy birthday to the first G An easy guide to astro-speak, satellite, 10:12 4:66–4:67 Gary, Bruce Having an Earth-moving MaxCam gets imagers started, How to observe variable stars, experience, 7:14 11:56–11:59 7:70–7:72 Nine eyepiece questions Gent, Bob Take the Sharpless Catalog answered, 12:16 challenge, 8:52–8:57 Simple steps to save the night Spy a solar system wanderer, sky, 2:72–2:73 Tour the sky's reddest stars, 11:12 12:82–12:84 Gottlieb, Steve Watching the sky move, 2:16 Explore a dozen must-see Bell, Jim Chester, Geoff Portraits from Mars, 1:64–1:69 galaxies, 4:54–4:57 Lighthouse of the skies, 8:58– See winters best planetary Benfer, Robert 8:63 The Americas' oldest nebulae, 3:60–3:63 A tail of two comets, 5:60–5:61 observatory, 8:40–8:43 Christensen, Lars Lindberg Benjamin, Robert Make Hubble shots your own H How astronomers glimpse the dazzling photos, 1:84–1:87 Harrington, Phil naked galaxy, 2:58–2:63 Coe, Steve Astrolight reflectors offer Berman, Bob Explore forgotten Scorpius, quality optics, 11:70–11:73 Don't look at me like that, 6:14 6:60–6:63 Attend an Internet star party, End of the world: 2012, 12:14 Explore winter's 12 best star 3:74–3:75 Energy to spare, 5:12 clusters, 2:68–2:69 Cascading down the Giraffes Enter the equinox, 3:12 neck, 1:20 Hall of mirrors, 11:10 Celestron's new Schmidt- If you were in charge, 4:12 D Cassegrain, 3:76–3:77 Missing shadows, 2:14 Dodelson, Scott Celestron's Onyx 80EDF, 1:84– No green stars for Johnny, 8:14 Seeing the red limit, 5:40–5:43 1:87 Oddballs in the sky, 1:16 Dorminey, Bruce Gone to the dogs, 5:16 The real twilight zone, 10:10 The Large Binocular Telescope Here's just what the doctor For sale: the equator, 9:12 opens both eyes, 12:74–12:79 ordered, 7:16 When do most people watch the What lurks between galaxies?, The hunter becomes the hunted, sky?, 7:12 9:28–9:33 2:20 Will supernovae shine new light What secrets lurk in the brightest The Lion's roar, 4:76 on DARK ENERGY?, 9:34– galaxies, 3:26–3:31 Orion's new 4-inch powerhouse, 9:39 Dunn, Christina R. 4:70–4:73 Block, Adam How large will telescopes get?, The Skypod mount performs Get the most from CCD images, 7:52–7:55 superbly, 12:98–12:101 2:78–2:81 Durda, Daniel D. The sky's "Best in show", 3:16

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The sky's Triangle, 11:14 Hubble finds clusters dimmest unseeable, 4:26–4:31 Spying the sky's wet quarter, stars, 1:25 How astronomers capture the 10:14 India's big success, 5:25 universe in a test tube, 7:34– Strum the Harp, 9:16 Magnetic cloud, 8:23 7:38 Time for tea, 8:77 Mars Express finds odd linear How to make 20 million Tour Apollo's sites through features on the Red Planet, galaxies, 5:34–5:39 , 6:18 10:20 The secret lives of black holes, Winters swarming fireflies, NASA launches asteroid probe, 11:28–11:33 12:18 10:22 Nazé, Yaël Healy, David Needle-shaped disk discovered, The priest, the universe, and the MaxCam gets imagers started, 11:21 Big Bang, 11:40–11:43 7:70–7:72 New asteroid type found?, 12:29 Hurt, Robert L. Rockets over Alaska, 7:25 O Make Hubble shots your own SMART-1 returns Moon Oberg, James dazzling photos, 1:84–1:87 pictures, 12:28 50th anniversary of first Huterer, Dragan Space port blast kills three, microbes in orbit, 11:22 Why is the solar system 11:26 Inside a planet's atmosphere, cosmically aligned?, 12:38– Star probes Titan's air, 6:30 6:26 12:43 Super-Earth found in habitable Japan on the move, 8:26 zone, 8:20 From the Moon to Earth, 7:24 J Two supernovae explode in NASA announces lunar Jakiel, Richard same galaxy, 10:21 architecture, 4:22 Observe autumn's best nebulae, Uranus' changing rings, 12:29 Off to Mars!, 9:22 10:58–10:61 Visit your friendly neighborhood A red-rocket milestone, 5:26 James, C. Renée observatory, 9:78–9:81 Russia's planned space projects The ugly side of gravity, 8:34– Where there's smoke..., 3:23 recall its glory days, 1:28 8:39 Sputnik-1 -- a milestone in M spaceflight, 10:24 K Marcotte, Mark M. Waste management: Just throw Klotz, Irene Deep-sky-object hunter, 5:72– it out, 2:24 Does water flow on Mars 5:74 Odenwald, Sten today?, 3:20 How to avoid the astronomy What if string theory is Kruesi, Liz blues, 5:70–5:71 WRONG?, 2:30–2:34 Cosmology: 5 things you need to Marsden, Brian G. O'Meara, Stephen James know, 5:28–5:33 The asteroid collectors, 7:40– The Crystal Palace, 12:20–12:21 7:43 The curious history of M20 and L McEwen, Alfred S. M21, 7:20–7:21 Layton, Laura Mars like you've never seen it, Dancing to a deaf wind, 11:16– , big appetite, 4:20 2:36–2:41 11:17 Catching up with the early McGovern, Jeremy The Moon shows "her" true universe, 4:24 NASA to develop mission ideas, colors, 9:18–9:19 China wipes out satellite, 5:25 2:27 Poetry in motion, 4:14–4:15 A comet comparison, 6:30 Rovers clock 1,000 martian The secret Lagoon, 8:16–8:17 Could black holes seed life?, days, 2:23 Seven wonders, 10:16–10:17 8:27 Meredith, Kate Solar mindfreak, 3:18–3:19 In the danger zone, 8:24 Shake-up, 2:29 Venus and the South, 5:18–5:19 Dark energy isn't new energy, Mullaney, James The zodiacal light and Comet 4:24 Observe the sky's most colorful McNaught, 6:20–6:21 Dust storm envelops Mars, double stars, 4:62–4:65 10:25 P Early universe was more active, N Pendick, Daniel 11:26 Nadis, Steve Boning up for Mars, 5:26 The hole in the sky, 12:26 The Big Bang + 1 second, 4:38– Cocooned binary stars, 6:28 How to make multiple-star 4:43 warnings systems, 4:24 Black holes: seeing the possible, 10:21

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Cosmic crack up revealed, 12:28 Spying stars with extrasolar Quadruple star system may host Dawn to probe asteroids, 6:26 planets, 12:xiii planet, 11:24 Did the Viking landers kill?, The Sun pulls a disappearing Relativity test, 1:28 5:22 act, 12:x Saturn's F ring hides moonlets, Dwarf-galaxy bonanza, 10:25 Totality's last stand, 12:iv 1:31 Galactic gas gobbler, 12:27 Venus rules the twilight skies, SDSS reveals record optical Giant cloud on Titan, 6:27 12:xii , 10:23 Hot oceans ahoy!, 9:26 A worthy comet, 12:xv SETI Institute opens Carl Sagan How to weigh a black hole, 9:26 Reddy, Francis Center, 2:23 Is LASIK for you?, 11:74–11:75 2006 ozone hole sets two Shuttle will fly to Hubble, 2:25 Light alters asteroid spins, 9:24 records, 1:28 Solar sail may fly again, 2:28 Making Moon dust, 9:23 Anatomy of a ringed planet, Space probes take comet close- Mercury's mushy middle, 9:27 6:55–6:56 ups, 5:44 Most distant star clusters found, Astronomers discover cosmic Star blast, 2:29 5:24 framework, 5:20 Sunwatchers spy Mercury NASA names Scout mission Cassini captures golden Saturn, transit, 2:25 finalists, 5:22 2:26 The supernova next door, 6:32– A new type of , 9:23 Cassini views backlit Saturn, 6:37 Rovers get improved brains, sees Earth and Moon, 2:22 Top 10 astronomy stories of 5:26–5:27 A century of great comets, 5:44– 2006, 1:34–1:43 Seeing in the Dark, 9:82–9:83 5:45 Touchdowns on other worlds, Spinning Altair imaged, 11:26 Does Pluto's big moon host 3:58–3:59 Spitzer peers into a stellar volcanoes?, 11:22 On the trail of Comet nursery, 12:25 The Eagle has a blast, 5:24 McNaught, 5:44–5:45 Stargazers' sweet spots, 12:96– ESA mission to explore Earth's U.S. cosmologists win Nobel 12:97 gravity, 2:24 Prize, 2:29 Starry virtuoso, 7:64–7:67 First light for "Sunrise", 2:23 What constitutes a neutron star?, Stealthy galactic nuclei Forest fire unveils ancient ejecta, 3:35 unveiled, 12:24 11:21 What makes stars explode, 3:38– Stellar dust puffs scoped, 12:26 The Galaxy Zoo wants you, 3:43 Take a (Mars) hike, 6:29 11:20 When planets stray, 2:66–2:67 Tipsy Mars, 11:26 Hubble catches rare transit of Reeves, Robert Titanic stars clash, 10:24 Uranus moon, 1:25 Astronomy thrives in Texas, Ultraviolet images reveal Mira's Hubble spots Uranus cloud, 1:30 10:66–10:69 tail, 12:24 Huygens probe "sees" Titans Who will save us from a killer Venus' space-lantern glow, 8:22 pebbled surface, 1:30 asteroid?, 11:66–11:69 A wicked , 6:30 Ina suggests the Moon is still Reynolds, Mike D. Pommier, Rod active, 2:28 Astronomy tests Celestron's How to choose a Hydrogen- An introduction to comets, 5:44 CPC 1100 GPS, 8:72–8:74 alpha filter, 3:66–3:67 Is the Orion Nebula as big as the Experience Meade's new Moon?, 1:50–1:51 eyepieces, 10:74–10:75 R Japan's Moon mission delayed, Rebirth of a classic: the Porter Ratcliffe, Martin 11:24 Garden Telescope, 6:74–6:77 2009 preview, 12:xvi Jupiter and Neptune may hold Rich, Doug A comet's impressive return, "metallic water", 1:26 How to search for supernovae, 12:iii Making sense of galaxies, 3:70–3:72 Dancing with the planets, 12:xiv 11:54–11:55 A dwarf planet bonanza, 12:viii Mars scar may mark magma S Gear up for gas giants, 12:xi dike, 2:29 Scott, Phil Jupiter's summer reign, 12:ix Milky Way's black hole has "Come see the Moon!", 10:52– Mars rules the winter sky, 12:ii lunch, 5:25 10:53 Mercury's fleet-footed The Milky Way's family grows, Shubinski, Raymond wanderings, 12:vii 5:27 All about the Crab Nebula, Meteor thrills for 2008, 12:vi MRO targets crater gullies, 1:30 1:70–1:73 See Saturn's rings while you can, NASA invests in Red Planet, All about the Dumbbell Nebula, 12:v 2:29 9:68–9:73

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All about the , 5:27 Meade's affordable large 5:64–5:67 Mars in high def, 10:54–10:55 refractor, 9:86–9:87 All about the Lagoon Nebula, Mars rovers trek up and down, 7:58–7:61 7:23 V Sky-testing William Optics' new Mars rules the winter sky, 12:ii Villard, Ray refractors, 10:70–10:72 Massive star factory unveiled, Does life exist on this Staedter, Tracy 8:27 exoplanet?, 12:44–12:47 3-D CMEs, 2:29 Mercury's fleet-footed Hubble discovers 16 exotic Stern, S. Alan wanderings, 12:vii planets, 1:44–1:49 Jupiter up close and personal, Meteor thrills for 2008, 12:vi 8:28–8:33 MGS' demise, 8:23 W New Horizons flies past Jupiter, MRO begins primary science Wakefield, Julie 4:32–4:37 mission, 3:24 The first NEW WORLD, 6:38– Strohmayer, Tod E. Nature versus nurture in galaxy 6:43 Raising the curtain on extreme evolution, 4:19 Ware, Jason stars, 3:32–3:37 New Horizons passes Jupiter How I discovered digital test, 6:24 astroimaging, 6:68–6:73 T A new Milky Way globular, 7:27 Talcott, Richard Z 2009 preview, 12:xvi A pair no longer, 8:26 Quasar clusters, 9:23 Zimmerman, Robert Black holes by the thousands, What makes Mira tick?, 2:42–2:47 7:26 Red Square at night, 9:25 Bullets in Orion, 8:24 Rosetta comet probe sees red, Comets clash in the Helix, 7:27 7:23 A comet's impressive return, Saturn's sweet surprises, 6:52– 12:iii 6:55 Dancing with the planets, 12:xiv See Saturn's rings while you can, Dark-matter ring comes to light, 12:v 9:20 Six sides of Saturn storm, 8:23 Did dwarf galaxies build the Sizing a hole, 9:23 Milky Way?, 3:22 The solar system's fate, 9:27 Distant echo lights the sky, 4:19 Solar "tsunami" wracks Sun, A dwarf planet bonanza, 12:viii 4:22 Earth's deadly future, 7:28–7:33 Spying stars with extrasolar Enceladus all cracked up, 9:21 planets, 12:xiii Gamma-ray bursts: a new blast The Sun pulls a disappearing type?, 4:21 act, 12:x Gear up for gas giants, 12:xi Supernova 1987A 20 later, Globular cluster baby boom, 10:26–10:31 9:22 Supernovae may explode in two The Great Comet of 2007, 5:54– stages, 3:23 5:59 Titan's Black Sea, 7:27 How galaxies run out of gas, Totality's last stand, 12:iv 6:27 Track down Mira, 2:44 How's the weather?, 9:24 Venus rules the twilight skies, Jupiter's summer reign, 12:ix 12:xii Kuiper Belt smackdown, 9:23 Viewing the universe 8 billion Let it snow!, 7:24 years ago, 7:22 Lightning may create Saturn's A worthy comet, 12:xv spokes, 3:24 X-raying the Eagle, 7:25 Magnetism in a planet-bearing Trefil, James star, 3:25 Earth's fiery start, 12:32–12:37 Making oxygen on early Earth, Trusock, Tom 3:24 2008 Astronomy's Telescope Mars gets blasted from above, buyer's guide, 9:i–9:xx

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Title 4:26–31 volcanoes?, 11:22 Boning up for Mars, 5:26 Does water flow on Mars today?, Brass and glass of astronomy's past, 3:20 Numbers The, 7:74–77 Don't look at me like that, 6:14 15 tips for observing Mars, 12:92– Bullets in Orion, 8:24 Dust storm envelops Mars, 10:25 94 Dwarf planet bonanza, A, 12:viii 2006 ozone hole sets two records, C Dwarf-galaxy bonanza, 10:25 1:28 Cascading down the Giraffes neck, 2008 Astronomy's Telescope 1:20 E buyer's guide, 9:i–xx Cassini captures golden Saturn, Eagle has a blast, 5:24 2009 preview, 12:xvi 2:26 Early universe was more active, 3-D CMEs, 2:29 Cassini views backlit Saturn, sees 11:26 50th anniversary of first microbes Earth and Moon, 2:22 Earth of the outer solar system, in orbit, 11:22 Catching up with the early 11:34–39 universe, 4:24 Earth's deadly future, 7:28–33 A Celestron's new Schmidt- Earth's fiery start, 12:32–37 All about the Crab Nebula, 1:70–73 Cassegrain, 3:76–77 Ease into the Messier marathon, All about the Dumbbell Nebula, Celestron's Onyx 80EDF, 1:84–87 3:14 9:68–73 Celestron's SkyScout, 2:82–83 Easy guide to astro-speak, An, All about the Hercules Cluster, Century of great comets, A, 5:44– 4:66–67 5:64–67 45 Enceladus all cracked up, 9:21 All about the Lagoon Nebula, China wipes out satellite, 5:25 End of the world: 2012, 12:14 7:58–61 Cocooned binary stars, 6:28 Energy to spare, 5:12 Americas' oldest observatory, The, "Come see the Moon!", 10:52–53 Enter the equinox, 3:12 8:40–43 comet comparison, 6:30 ESA mission to explore Earth's Anatomy of a ringed planet, 6:55– Comet McNaught's starry trek, gravity, 2:24 56 5:44–45 Experience Meade's new eyepieces, Angular distances and colors, 8:76 Comets clash in the Helix, 7:27 10:74–75 Asia heads for Mars, 3:22 Comet's impressive return, A, 12:iii Explore a dozen must-see galaxies, Asterism by any other name, An, Coronal mass ejection warnings 4:54–57 9:14 possible, 10:21 Explore forgotten Scorpius, 6:60– Astrolight reflectors offer quality Cosmic crack up revealed, 12:28 63 optics, 11:70–73 Cosmic mixmaster, A, 12:12–13 Explore winter's 12 best star Astronomers discover cosmic Cosmology: 5 things you need to clusters, 2:68–69 framework, 5:20 know, 5:28–33 Astronomers find direct evidence Could black holes seed life?, 8:27 F of dark matter, 1:24 Crystal Palace, The, 12:20–21 Family ties reveal asteroid origins, Astronomy tests Celestron's CPC Curious history of M20 and M21, 10:38–43 1100 GPS, 8:72–74 The, 7:20–21 Finding the right finder, 5:14 Astronomy thrives in Texas, First light for "Sunrise", 2:23 10:66–69 D First NEW WORLD, The, 6:38–43 Astronomy.com gets an extreme Dancing to a deaf wind, 11:16–17 For sale: the equator, 9:12 makeover, 12:86–87 Dancing with the planets, 12:xiv Forest fire unveils ancient ejecta, Astronomy's 2007 guide to the Dark energy isn't new energy, 4:24 11:21 , 1:52–56 Dark-matter ring comes to light, Forging massive stars, 9:10–11 Attend an Internet star party, 3:74– 9:20 Full Moon fever, 6:16 75 Dawn to probe asteroids, 6:26 Deep-sky-object hunter, 5:72–74 G B Did dwarf galaxies build the Milky Galactic gas gobbler, 12:27 Big Bang + 1 second, The, 4:38–43 Way?, 3:22 Galaxy Zoo wants you, The, 11:20 Big bang for your astronomy Did the Viking landers kill?, 5:22 Gamma-ray bursts: a new blast bucks, 2:70–71 Distant echo lights the sky, 4:19 type?, 4:21 Black hole, big appetite, 4:20 Does life exist on this exoplanet?, Gear up for gas giants, 12:xi Black holes by the thousands, 7:26 12:44–47 Get the most from CCD images, Black holes: seeing the unseeable, Does Pluto's big moon host 2:78–81

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Giant cloud on Titan, 6:27 pebbled surface, 1:30 Mars gets blasted from above, 5:27 Globular cluster baby boom, 9:22 Mars in high def, 10:54–55 Goddess of beauty, 1:18 I Mars like you've never seen it, Gone to the dogs, 5:16 If you were in charge, 4:12 2:36–41 Go-to a-go-go, 4:74 In the danger zone, 8:24 Mars rovers trek up and down, 7:23 Grand design, A, 8:10–11 Ina suggests the Moon is still Mars rules the winter sky, 12:ii Great Comet of 2007, 5:54–59 active, 2:28 Mars scar may mark magma dike, India's big success, 5:25 2:29 H Inside a planet's atmosphere, 6:26 Massive star factory unveiled, 8:27 Hall of mirrors, 11:10 Introduction to comets, An, 5:44 MaxCam gets imagers started, Happy birthday to the first satellite, In-your-face galaxy, 4:8–9 7:70–72 10:12 Is LASIK for you?, 11:74–75 Meade's affordable large refractor, Having an Earth-moving Is the Orion Nebula as big as the 9:86–87 experience, 7:14 Moon?, 1:50–51 Mercury's fleet-footed wanderings, Here's just what the doctor ordered, 12:vii 7:16 J Mercury's mushy middle, 9:27 Hole in the sky, The, 12:26 Japan on the move, 8:26 Meteor thrills for 2008, 12:vi Hot oceans ahoy!, 9:26 Japan's Moon mission delayed, MGS' demise, 8:23 How astronomers capture the 11:24 Milky Way's black hole has lunch, universe in a test tube, 7:34–38 Jupiter and Neptune may hold 5:25 How astronomers glimpse the "metallic water", 1:26 Milky Way's family grows, 5:27 naked galaxy, 2:58–63 Jupiter up close and personal, 8:28– Missing shadows, 2:14 How galaxies run out of gas, 6:27 33 Moon shows "her" true colors, The, How I discovered digital Jupiter's summer reign, 12:ix 9:18–19 astroimaging, 6:68–73 Moon to Earth, 7:24 How large will telescopes get?, K Most distant star clusters found, 7:52–55 5:24 Kuiper Belt smackdown, 9:23 MRO begins primary science How the Big Bang forged the first elements, 10:32–37 mission, 3:24 How to avoid the astronomy blues, L MRO targets crater gullies, 1:30 5:70–71 Large Binocular Telescope opens How to choose a Hydrogen-alpha both eyes, The, 12:74–79 N filter, 3:66–67 Let it snow!, 7:24 Naked Sun, 11:20 How to make 20 million galaxies, Lifting the Swan's Veil, 7:10–11 NASA announces lunar 5:34–39 Light alters asteroid spins, 9:24 architecture, 4:22 How to make multiple-star Lighthouse of the skies, 8:58–63 NASA invests in Red Planet, 2:29 systems, 4:24 Lightning may create Saturn's NASA launches asteroid probe, How to observe variable stars, spokes, 3:24 10:22 11:56–59 Lion's roar, The, 4:76 NASA names Scout mission How to search for supernovae, Livio Code, The, 3:52–56 finalists, 5:22 3:70–72 NASA to develop mission ideas, How to weigh a black hole, 9:26 M 2:27 How's the weather?, 9:24 Magellan's warm glow, 6:8–9 Nature versus nurture in galaxy Hubble catches rare transit of Magnetic cloud, 8:23 evolution, 4:19 Uranus moon, 1:25 Magnetism in a planet-bearing star, Needle-shaped disk discovered, Hubble discovers 16 exotic planets, 3:25 11:21 1:44–49 Make Hubble shots your own New asteroid type found?, 12:29 Hubble finds clusters dimmest dazzling photos, 1:84–87 New Horizons flies past Jupiter, stars, 1:25 Making Moon dust, 9:23 4:32–37 Hubble image is best of M81, Making oxygen on early Earth, New Horizons passes Jupiter test, 10:22 3:24 6:24 Hubble spots Uranus cloud, 1:30 Making sense of galaxies, 11:54– New Milky Way globular, A, 7:27 Hunter becomes the hunted, The, 55 New type of nova, A, 9:23 2:20 Mars Express finds odd linear Nine eyepiece questions answered, Huygens probe "sees" Titans features on the Red Planet, 10:20 12:16

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No green stars for Johnny, 8:14 See winters best planetary nebulae, zone, 8:20 3:60–63 Supernova 1987A 20 years later, O Seeing in the Dark, 9:82–83 10:26–31 Observe autumn's best nebulae, Seeing the red limit, 5:40–43 Supernova next door, 6:32–37 10:58–61 SETI Institute opens Carl Sagan Supernovae may explode in two Observe the sky's most colorful Center, 2:23 stages, 3:23 double stars, 4:62–65 Seven wonders, 10:16–17 Oddballs in the sky, 1:16 Shake-up, 2:29 T Off to Mars!, 9:22 Shuttle will fly to Hubble, 2:25 Tail of two comets, A, 5:60–61 On the trail of Comet McNaught, Simple steps to save the night sky, Take a (Mars) hike, 6:29 5:44–45 2:72–73 Take the Sharpless Catalog Orion's new 4-inch powerhouse, Six sides of Saturn storm, 8:23 challenge, 8:52–57 4:70–73 Sizing a hole, 9:23 Tale of the fox, 8:41 Skypod mount performs superbly, The asteroid collectors, The, 7:40– P The, 12:98–101 43 Pair no longer, A, 8:26 Sky's "Best in show", The, 3:16 Time for tea, 8:77 Poetry in motion, 4:14–15 Sky's Triangle, The, 11:14 Tipsy Mars, 11:26 Portraits from Mars, 1:64–69 Sky-testing William Optics' new Titanic stars clash, 10:24 Priest, the universe, and the Big refractors, 10:70–72 Titan's Black Sea, 7:27 Bang, The, 11:40–43 SMART-1 returns Moon pictures, Top 10 astronomy stories of 2006, 12:28 1:34–43 Solar mindfreak, 3:18–19 Totality's last stand, 12:iv Q Solar sail may fly again, 2:28 Quadruple star system may host Touchdowns on other worlds, Solar system's fate, The, 9:27 3:58–59 planet, 11:24 Solar "tsunami" wracks Sun, 4:22 Quasar clusters, 9:23 Tour Apollo's sites through Space port blast kills three, 11:26 binoculars, 6:18 Queen for a day, 2:8–9 Space probes take comet close-ups, Tour the sky's reddest stars, 12:82– 5:44 84 R Spinning Altair imaged, 11:26 Raising the curtain on extreme Track down Mira, 2:44 Spitzer peers into a stellar nursery, Two supernovae explode in same stars, 3:32–37 12:25 Real twilight zone, The, 10:10 galaxy, 10:21 Spreading astronomy around the Rebirth of a classic: the Porter world, 8:68–70 Garden Telescope, 6:74–77 Sputnik-1 -- a milestone in U Red Square at night, 9:25 spaceflight, 10:24 Ugly side of gravity, The, 8:34–39 Red-rocket milestone, A, 5:26 Spy a solar system wanderer, 11:12 Ultraviolet images reveal Mira's Relativity test, 1:28 Spying stars with extrasolar tail, 12:24 Rockets over Alaska, 7:25 planets, 12:xiii Uranus' changing rings, 12:29 Rosetta comet probe sees red, 7:23 Spying the sky's wet quarter, 10:14 U.S. cosmologists win Nobel Prize, Rovers clock 1,000 Martian days, Star birth runs amok, 5:8–9 2:29 2:23 Star blast, 2:29 Rovers get improved brains, 5:26– Star probes Titan's air, 6:30 V 27 Stardust turns the table on comet Venus and the South, 5:18–19 Russia's planned space projects formation, 4:18 Venus rules the twilight skies, recall its glory days, 1:28 Stargazers' sweet spots, 12:96–97 12:xii Starry virtuoso, 7:64–67 Venus' space-lantern glow, 8:22 S Stealthy galactic nuclei unveiled, Viewing the universe 8 billion Saturn's F ring hides moonlets, 1:31 12:24 years ago, 7:22 Saturn's sweet surprises, 6:52–55 Stellar dust puffs scoped, 12:26 Visit your friendly neighborhood SDSS reveals record optical Strum the Harp, 9:16 observatory, 9:78–81 Einstein ring, 10:23 Sun pulls a disappearing act, The, Secret Lagoon, The, 8:16–17 12:x W Secret lives of black holes, The, Sun studio, 1:76–79 Waste management: Just throw it 11:28–33 Sunwatchers spy Mercury transit, out, 2:24 See Saturn's rings while you can, 2:25 Watching the sky move, 2:16 12:v Super-Earth found in habitable What constitutes a neutron star?,

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3:35 What if string theory is WRONG?, 2:30–34 What lurks between galaxies?, 9:28–33 What makes Mira tick?, 2:42–47 What makes stars explode, 3:38–43 What secrets lurk in the brightest galaxies, 3:26–31 When do most people watch the sky?, 7:12 When planets stray, 2:66–67 Where there's smoke..., 3:23 Who will save us from a killer asteroid?, 11:66–69 Why is the solar system cosmically aligned?, 12:38–43 Wicked stellar wind, A, 6:30 Will supernovae shine new light on DARK ENERGY?, 9:34–39 Winters swarming fireflies, 12:18 Worthy comet, A, 12:xv

X X-raying the Eagle, 7:25

Z Zodiacal light and Comet McNaught, The, 6:20–21

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