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AstroBeat #155
May 2017
Observing the Total Solar Eclipse with Early Learners (PDF, 712 KB)
Anna Hurst (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #154
March 8, 2017
Glasses for Mr. Magoo’s Spectrograph (PDF, 1.1 MB)
David J. Erskine (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Astronomy Beat #153
February 8, 2017
Reflections on the 2016 ASP Annual Meeting: “Engage Every Child in the 2017 Solar Eclipse” (PDF, 2.6 MB)
Linda Shore and Greg Schultz (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #152
November 30, 2016
Wisdom, Compassion, and Telescopes: Teaching Astronomy to Tibetan Buddhist Monks and Nuns (PDF, 2 MB)
Linda Shore (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #151
October 31, 2016
Taking the Hubble "Deep Field" Image (PDF, 982 KB)
Robert Williams (Space Telescope Science Institute/Baltimore)
Astronomy Beat #150
September 30, 2016
Celebrating Diversity: The ASP's Arthur B.C. Walker II Award (PDF, 410 KB)
Linda Shore (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #149
August 30, 2016
The Bruce Medalists: Makers of Modern Astronomy (PDF, 839 KB)
Joseph S. Tenn (Sonoma State University)
Astronomy Beat #148
July 28, 2016
A Solar Eclipse Still Excites In This Day And Age, Even For Astronauts (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Susan Runco (NASA, JSC, Astromaterials)
Astronomy Beat #147
June 30, 2016
Dreams and Adventures: The Edwin Hubble Story (PDF, 1.2 MB)
William and Doris Martin
Astronomy Beat #146
May 31, 2016
The Amateur Astronomy Convention: A User Guide for the "Superfan" (PDF, 884 KB)
David Prosper (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #145
April 29, 2016
Confessions of an Eclipse Chaser (PDF, 464 KB)
Kate Russo (Queen's University, Belfast)
Astronomy Beat #144
March 31, 2016
Building a 40" Telescope for the Public: The Spirit and Perseverance of Amateur Astronomers (PDF, 678 KB)
Rachel Freed (Astronomical Society of the Pacific/ Krause Center for Innovation)
Astronomy Beat #143
February 25, 2016
Nancy Roman: An Astronomer's Life (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Nancy Grace Roman
Astronomy Beat #142
January 29, 2016
The Calendar in the Sky (PDF, 681 KB)
Bryan Mendez (UC Berkeley)
Astronomy Beat #141
December 16, 2015
Some Things to Know About the Solstice (PDF, 864 KB)
Linda Shore (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #140
November 30, 2015
ASP Goes to Washington (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Vivian White (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #139
October 30, 2015
The Astronomy Picture of the Day Web Site: Behind the Scenes (PDF, 881 KB)
Robert Nemiroff (Michigan Technological University)
Astronomy Beat #138
September 30, 2015
Reading Starlight: Spectroscopy for Everyone (PDF, 515 KB)
Ron DiIulio (University of North Texas)
Astronomy Beat #137
August 27, 2015
The Total Skywatcher's Manual -- A Peek Inside ASP's First Stargazing Guide! (PDF, 2.3 MB)
Linda Shore, David Prosper, and Vivian White (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #136
July 29, 2015
Exploring Chile, the Astronomy Capital of the World (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Vivian White (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #135
June 22, 2015
The Selection of Planetary Missions: What Happens Behind the Scenes (PDF, 900 KB)
Ralph Lorenz (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
Astronomy Beat #132
March 27, 2015
The Discovery of Pluto: Generally Unknown Aspects of the Story (PDF, 762 KB)
by Clyde Tombaugh (1906–1997)[excerpts from a longer article written for the ASP's Mercury magazine in 1986]
Astronomy Beat #131
February 26, 2015
See the Milky Way in America’s National Parks (PDF, 931 KB)
Tyler Nordgren (University of Redlands)
Astronomy Beat #130
January 29, 2015
Canopus: The Navigator’s Star (PDF, 491 KB)
David Prosper (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #128
November 25, 2014
Astronomy with Monks: From Mount Meru to Men on the Moon (PDF, 790 KB)
Vivian White (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #127
October 30, 2014
Providing Educators with a Real-World Science Experience (PDF, 960 KB)
SOFIA Outreach Team
Astronomy Beat #126
September 25, 2014
Reflections on the ASP Annual Meeting (PDF, 4.2 MB)
Linda Shore and Greg Schultz (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #125
July 18, 2014
NHAS Library Telescope Program (PDF, 729 KB)
New Hampshire Astronomical Society
Astronomy Beat #124
June 17, 2014
The MAVEN Mission: Exploring Mars' Climate History (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Bruce Jakosky (University of Colorado)
Astronomy Beat #123
May 20, 2014
"Murphy" is Alive and Well: The Misadventures of an Amateur Astronomer (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Alice Newton
Astronomy Beat #122
April 29, 2014
Two Decades at the Center of the Universe (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Richard Tresch Fienberg (American Astronomical Society)
Astronomy Beat #120
February 7, 2014
The ASP -- 125 Years Ago Today (PDF, 2.3 MB)
James Manning (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #119
January 16, 2014
Star Gazers: Behind the Scenes at an Iconic Astronomy Program (PDF, 1 MB)
Dean Regas (Cincinnati Observatory)
Astronomy Beat #118
December 23, 2013
Hubble Encounters Comet ISON -- How Science Trumped Spectacle (PDF, 1 MB)
Max Mutchler (STScI)
Astronomy Beat #117
November 19, 2013
The Great Refractor of Lick Observatory: 125 Years (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Graeme H. Smith (University of California at Santa Cruz)
Astronomy Beat #116
October 31, 2013
Chasing the Red Moon (PDF, 517 KB)
James Manning (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Astronomy Beat #115
September 10, 2013
They Also Serve: My Role in the Planck Mission (PDF, 706 KB)
Bruce Partridge (Haverford College)
Astronomy Beat #114
August 13, 2013
Why Curiosity Landed in Gale Crater (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Matt Golombek (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)
Astronomy Beat #113
July 17, 2013
Authentic Research in Science Education and Outreach (PDF, 910 KB)
Don McCarthy (University of Arizona) and Jeff Lockwood (Technical Education Research Center)
Astronomy Beat #111
May 14, 2013
Giving Birth to the James Webb Space Telescope: Part 2 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
John Mather (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
Astronomy Beat #110
April 9, 2013
Giving Birth to the James Webb Space Telescope: Part 1 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
John Mather (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
Astronomy Beat #109
March 12, 2013
The Art of Planetary Science (PDF, 844 KB)
Daniel D. Durda (Southwest Research Institute)
Astronomy Beat #108
February 12, 2013
Pluto: Still Making Waves (PDF, 573 KB)
Don McCarthy (The University of Arizona) and Susan Benecchi (DTM Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the Planetary Science Institute)
Astronomy Beat #107
January 15, 2013
The Discovery of Hollows on Mercury (PDF, 1.3 MB)
David T. Blewett (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
Astronomy Beat #106
December 18, 2012
How to Catch a Moon (or Two) of Pluto (PDF, 694 KB)
Mark R. Showalter (SETI Institute)
Astronomy Beat #105
November 27, 2012
Confessions of an Eclipse Chaser (PDF, 512 KB)
Kate Russo (Queen's University, Belfast)
Astronomy Beat #104
November 6, 2012
Tango Delta Nominal (PDF, 631 KB)
D.C. Agle (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California)
Astronomy Beat #103
October 16, 2012
My 39-Year Love Affair with the A.S.P. (and My Goodbye) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College)
Astronomy Beat #102
September 4, 2012
Discovering the First Brown Dwarfs (PDF, 564 KB)
Gibor Basri (University of California, Berkeley)
Astronomy Beat #101
August 21, 2012
Representations of Time in Science and Art (PDF, 743 KB)
Gerry Gilmore (Cambridge University)
Astronomy Beat #100
July 31, 2012
Astronomy Beat So Far: A Subject Index (PDF, 2.4 MB)
Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College & ASP)
Astronomy Beat #99
July 10, 2012
How Old is the Universe? (PDF, 696 KB)
David Weintraub (Vanderbilt University)
Astronomy Beat #98
June 19, 2012
Ten Science Fiction Writers for Scientists and Science Enthusiasts (PDF, 569 KB)
Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College)
Astronomy Beat #97
June 5, 2012
A Bad Cosmology Day and the Fog of Creation, Part Two (PDF, 859 KB)
Chris Impey (University of Arizona)
Astronomy Beat #96
May 22, 2012
A Bad Cosmology Day and the Fog of Creation, Part One (PDF, 755 KB)
Chris Impey (University of Arizona)
Astronomy Beat #95
May 8, 2012
What It's Like to be on the Surface of Mars (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Lori K. Fenton (Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute)
Astronomy Beat #94
April 24, 2012
Pinning Down the Black Hole in Cygnus X-1 (PDF, 1.18 MB)
Mark J. Reid (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Astronomy Beat #93
April 10, 2012
Discovering the Comet that Encountered the Sun (and Survived) (PDF, 1.86 MB)
Terry Lovejoy
Astronomy Beat #92
March 27, 2012
Building The Invisible Universe (PDF, 1.19 MB)
Josh Peek (Columbia University)
Astronomy Beat #91
March 13, 2012
Preserving History on the Moon (PDF, 1.21 MB)
Margaret Race (SETI Institute)
Astronomy Beat #90
February 28, 2012
News from the Kuiper Belt: The Redemption of Snow White, Part 2 (PDF, 926 KB)
Mike Brown (Caltech)
Astronomy Beat #89
February 14, 2012
News from the Kuiper Belt: The Redemption of Snow White, Part 1 (PDF, 782 KB)
Mike Brown (Caltech)
Astronomy Beat #88
January 31, 2012
"The Story Behind the Science" (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Charles Kerton (Iowa State University)
Astronomy Beat #87
January 10, 2012
Astrophotography XXL: A Giant Milky Way Panorama (PDF, 1.35 MB)
Axel Mellinger (Central Michigan University)
Astronomy Beat #86
December 6, 2011
Exploring the Math Behind the NASA Press Releases (PDF, 940 KB)
Sten Odenwald (NASA/ADNET)
Astronomy Beat #84
November 8, 2011
Exploring Enceladus and its Geysers: An Interview with Carolyn Porco (PDF, 684 KB)
Conducted by Lauren Aguirre
Astronomy Beat #83
October 25, 2011
And the Sun Stood Still: Dramatizing Copernicus (PDF, 942 KB)
Dava Sobel
Astronomy Beat #82
October 11, 2011
Searching for Planets Among the Stars: A Conversation with Geoff Marcy (Part Two) (PDF, 490 KB)
Chris Impey (University of Arizona)
Astronomy Beat #81
September 27, 2011
Searching for Planets Among the Stars: A Conversation with Geoff Marcy (Part One) (PDF, 955 KB)
Chris Impey (University of Arizona)
Astronomy Beat #79
August 30, 2011
Forays into Astronomical Imaging: One Person's Experience and Perspective (PDF, 2.2 MB)
Robert Gendler
Astronomy Beat #78
August 2, 2011
The Meteorite of June 30, 1908 in Central Siberia (PDF, 670 KB)
Leonid Kulik (Lomonsoff Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)
Astronomy Beat #77
July 19, 2011
The U.S. Supply of Plutonium-238 and the Future of Planetary Exploration (PDF, 731KB)
Bethany R. Johns (American Astronomical Society)
Astronomy Beat #76
July 5, 2011
Discovering Hypervelocity Stars: Speed-demons of the Milky Way (PDF, 757 KB)
Warren R. Brown (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Astronomy Beat #75
June 21, 2011
Starry Messages: Is Interstellar Archaeology Possible? (PDF, 827 KB)
Dick Carrigan (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
Astronomy Beat #74
June 7, 2011
Debating Pluto: Searching for the Classroom of the Future and Ending Up in the Past (PDF, 1 MB)
Tony Crider (Elon University)
Astronomy Beat #73
May 17, 2011
Nasty Astronomers: An Experiment in Prosopography (PDF, 963 KB)
Thomas Hockey (U. of Northern Iowa)
Astronomy Beat #72
May 3, 2011
Comet Elenin: Cosmic Threat or Celestial Visitor (PDF, 1.1 MB)
David Morrison (NASA Ames Research Center and the SETI Institute)
Astronomy Beat #71
April 19, 2011
Some Personal Reflections on the History of 20th Century Cosmology (PDF, 984 KB)
Allan Sandage (Observatories of the Carnegie Institution)
Astronomy Beat #70
April 5, 2011
LCROSS: How We Crashed Into the Moon (On Purpose and for Science!) (PDF, 1.06 MB)
Jennifer Heldmann (NASA Ames Research Center)
Astronomy Beat #69
March 22, 2011
Rose O'Halloran: First Lady of the ASP (PDF, 1.27 MB)
Rudi Paul Lindner (University of Michigan)
Astronomy Beat #68
March 8, 2011
The Power of Stars: The Archaeoastronomy of Skyscrapers (PDF, 607 KB)
Bryan Penprase (Pomona College)
Astronomy Beat #67
February 22, 2011
Discovering a Cold Volcano on Titan (PDF, 863 KB)
Rosaly Lopes (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Astronomy Beat #66
February 8, 2011
Stargazing Centaurs: The Astronomy of Harry Potter (PDF, 599 KB)
Kristine Larsen (Central Connecticut State University)
Astronomy Beat #65
January 25, 2011
To Measure the Sky: Astronomy as an Intellectual Enterprise (PDF, 750 KB)
Frederick R. Chromey (Vassar College)
Astronomy Beat #64
January 11, 2011
Astronomy in Popular Culture Quiz 2010: Answers and Further Leads (PDF, 651 KB)
Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College)
Astronomy Beat #63
December 28, 2010
Astronomy in Popular Culture Quiz 2010 (PDF, 420 KB)
Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College)
Astronomy Beat #62
December 14, 2010
Encounter with Comet Hartley 2 (PDF, 574 KB)
James Green (Director of Planetary Science, NASA Headquarters)
Astronomy Beat #61
November 30, 2010
The Bruce Medalists: Makers of Modern Astronomy (PDF, 776 KB)
Joseph S. Tenn (Sonoma State University)
Astronomy Beat #60
November 16, 2010
Monster Stars: How Big Can They Get? (PDF, 963 KB)
Paul Crowther (University of Sheffield)
Astronomy Beat #59
November 1, 2010
Never-Ending Postcards from Mars (PDF, 1 MB)
Jim Bell (Cornell University)
Astronomy Beat #58
October 18, 2010
How Kids Learn Astronomy: Insights from Research and Practice (PDF, 611 KB)
Cary Sneider (Portland State University)
Astronomy Beat #57
October 4, 2010
Dwarf Planets Yesterday and Today (PDF, 555 KB)
Michael Brown (California Institute of Technology)
Astronomy Beat #56
September 20, 2010
Exploring Lakes on Titan (PDF, 1.18 MB)
Alexander G. Hayes (California Institute of Technology)
Astronomy Beat #55
September 7, 2010
Why William Herschel Is the Father of Modern Astronomy (PDF, 868 KB)
Martin Griffiths (University of Glamorgan)
Astronomy Beat #54
August 23, 2010
Atoms as Historians: The History of a Course on History through Science (PDF, 908 KB)
David Helfand (Columbia University)
Astronomy Beat #53
July 26, 2010
African Cultural Astronomy: The Conference, the Book, the Network (PDF, 811 KB)
Jarita Holbrook (University of Arizona)
Astronomy Beat #52
July 12, 2010
The Formation of Enormous Black Holes (PDF, 967 KB)
Mitchell Begelman (University of Colorado) and Martin Rees (University of Cambridge)
Astronomy Beat #51
June 28, 2010
Explaining the Origin of the Moon (PDF, 872 KB)
William K. Hartmann (Planetary Science Institute)
Astronomy Beat #50
June 14, 2010
Adventures in Cosmology: Discovering the Expanding Universe (PDF, 1.06 MB)
Edwin Hubble and Milton Humason (Mount Wilson Observatory)
Astronomy Beat #49
May 31, 2010
Celestial Harmony: Astronomical Music That Might Strike a Chord (PDF, 802 KB)
Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College)
Astronomy Beat #48
May 3, 2010
The Discovery of the Kuiper Belt (PDF, 1.25 MB)
David Jewitt (University of California at Los Angeles)
Astronomy Beat #47
April 19, 2010
The Search for Molecules in the Universe (PDF, 789 KB)
Philip R. Jewell (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
Astronomy Beat #46
April 5, 2010
The Origin of the Drake Equation (PDF, 716 KB)
Frank Drake and Dava Sobel
Astronomy Beat #45
March 22, 2010
My Sabbatical Year in Starry Sky National Park (PDF, 608 KB)
Tyler Nordgren (University of Redlands)
Astronomy Beat #44
March 8, 2010
Uncovering the Secrets of Sirius (PDF, 580 KB)
Jay Holberg (University of Arizona)
Astronomy Beat #43
February 22, 2010
Discovering the Sodium Cloud Around Jupiter’s Moon Io (PDF, 452 KB)
Robert A. Brown (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Astronomy Beat #42
February 8, 2010
The MOJAVE Program: Exploring Powerful Jets from Supermassive Black Holes (PDF, 1 MB)
Matt Lister (Purdue University)
Astronomy Beat #41
January 25, 2010
Exploring the Twitterverse (PDF, 706 KB)
Peter Newbury (University of British Columbia)
Astronomy Beat #40
January 11, 2010
Speaking for Astronomy: Harder Than It Looks (PDF, 1 MB)
Bruce Margon (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Astronomy Beat #39
December 28, 2009
Dark Matter: A Talk with Vera Rubin (PDF, 650 KB)
Douglas Isbell and Stephen Strom
Astronomy Beat #38
December 14, 2009
Finding the Naked s Process in Stardust (PDF, 672 KB)
Donald D. Clayton (Clemson University)
Astronomy Beat #37
November 30, 2009
Heaven's Touch (PDF, 823 KB)
James Kaler (University of Illinois)
Astronomy Beat #36
November 16, 2009
Preserving the Dark: Advocating Against Light Pollution at the American Medical Association (PDF, 664 KB)
Mario Motta, MD
Astronomy Beat #35
November 2, 2009
The White House Star Party: Reports from the South Lawn (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Stephen Pompea and Dara Norman (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)
Astronomy Beat #34
October 19, 2009
What If the Earth Had a Backwards-Orbiting Moon: The Art and Science of "What If?" Questions (PDF, 692 KB)
Neil F. Comins (University of Maine)
Astronomy Beat #33
October 5, 2009
The Discovery of the First Gravitational Lenses (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Ray Weymann (Staff Member Emeritus, Carnegie Observatories)
Astronomy Beat #32
September 21, 2009
Doomsday 2012, the Planet Nibiru, and Cosmophobia (PDF, 904 KB)
David Morrison (NASA Astrobiology Institute Senior Scientist)
Astronomy Beat #30
August 24, 2009
Earth Speaks: What Would You Say to ET? (PDF, 756 KB)
Douglas Vakoch (SETI Institute)
Astronomy Beat #29
August 10, 2009
Taking the Hubble "Deep Field" Image (PDF, 996 KB)
Robert Williams (Space Telescope Science Institute/Baltimore)
Astronomy Beat #28
July 27, 2009
Spots on Neptune and Other Adventures in Planetary Astronomy (PDF, 840 KB)
Heidi Hammel (Space Science Institute)
Astronomy Beat #27
July 13, 2009
The Universe in Living Color: The Secrets of the Hubble Images (PDF, 596 KB)
Ray Villard (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Astronomy Beat #26
June 29, 2009
Doing Research on Astronomers (PDF, 504 KB)
Eric Brogt (University of Arizona)
Astronomy Beat #23
May 18, 2009
The Discovery of Pluto: Generally Unknown Aspects of the Story (PDF, 912 KB)
Clyde Tombaugh (1906–1997)[excerpts from a longer article written for the ASP's Mercury magazine in 1986]
Astronomy Beat #22
May 4, 2009
In Pursuit of Primeval Photons (PDF, 1 MB)
Bruce Partridge (Haverford College)
Astronomy Beat #21
April 20, 2009
Finding the Small Moons of the Outer Planets: A Satellite Revolution (PDF, 760 KB)
Scott S. Sheppard (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Astronomy Beat #20
April 6, 2009
The Smell of the Oil and the Search for ET (PDF, 576 KB)
Seth Shostak (SETI Institute)
Astronomy Beat #19
March 23, 2009
Galileo: Myths Versus Facts (PDF, 664 KB)
Jim Lattis (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Astronomy Beat #18
March 9, 2009
The Navajo Sky -- Down Under (PDF, 756 KB)
Phil Sakimoto (University of Notre Dame)
Astronomy Beat #17
February 23, 2009
What’s In a Name? The Story of Makemake (PDF, 636 KB)
Michael Brown (California Institute of Technology)
Astronomy Beat #16
February 9, 2009
The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets (PDF, 644 KB)
Alan Boss (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Astronomy Beat #15
January 26, 2009
Celebrating the ASP's 120th Anniversary: Some Glimpses from our Past (PDF, 780 KB)
Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College & ASP)
Astronomy Beat #14
January 12, 2009
Finding the First Clues to the Nature of Pluto and its Distant Neighbors (PDF, 924 KB)
Dale P. Cruikshank (NASA Ames Research Center)
Astronomy Beat #13
December 29, 2008
Observing Mysterious Epsilon Aurigae (PDF, 672 KB)
Jeff Hopkins (Hopkins Phoenix Observatory) and Robert Stencel (University of Denver)
Astronomy Beat #12
December 15, 2008
Prospects for Life on Jupiter's Ocean Moon: Tides are the Key (PDF, 900 KB)
Richard Greenberg (University of Arizona)
Astronomy Beat #11
December 1, 2008
Observing with SOFIA, NASA's New Airborne Observatory (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Dana Backman (SOFIA and SETI Institute)
Astronomy Beat #10
November 17, 2008
Darkroom to Digital: A Photographic Journey (PDF, 1.5 MB)
David Malin (Anglo-Australian Observatory)
Astronomy Beat #9
November 3, 2008
Where Science Meets Science Fiction (PDF, 488 KB)
Mike Brotherton (University of Wyoming)
Astronomy Beat #8
October 20, 2008
Astrophysics Faces the Millennium: How I Came Up with My Top Ten List for the Last Thousand Years (PDF, 596 KB)
Virginia Trimble (University of California, Irvine)
Astronomy Beat #7
October 6, 2008
The Astronomy Picture of the Day Website: Behind the Scenes (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Robert Nemiroff (Michigan Technological University)
Astronomy Beat #6
September 22, 2008
Galileo's Glassworks: The Early Idea of the Telescope (PDF, 1 MB)
Eileen Reeves (Princeton University)
Astronomy Beat #5
September 8, 2008
Observing Runs: Alone With the Night Sky (PDF, 668 KB)
Michelle Thaller (JPL/Caltech)
Astronomy Beat #4
August 25, 2008
Exploring Earth-Approaching Asteroids with Radar (PDF, 544 KB)
Steve Ostro (JPL/Caltech)
Astronomy Beat #3
August 13, 2008
The Star of the Week (PDF, 676 KB)
Jim Kaler (University of Illinois)
Astronomy Beat #2
July 28, 2008
Ceres: Not a Planet, Not a Plutoid — Or Is It? (PDF, 332 KB)
Mark Sykes (Planetary Science Institute)
Astronomy Beat #1
July 14, 2008
The Case Against Defining "Planet" (PDF, 480 KB)
David Morrison (NASA Ames Research Center)
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