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The Drake Equation: Is there really other Life in the Universe?
Author: Jennifer Barlow
 Added: 07/15/2003
 Type: Summary
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Is there other life in the universe? We may never know. Is there a possibility?
In the Belly of an Angry Giant: Speculations on Residing in a Very Large Black Hole
Author: Philip Mathew
 Added: 06/19/2003
 Type: Review
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Apparent doom, a reasonable thought or the work of crackpottery? You be the judge.
Planetary Formation Based on Matter Condensation and Accretion
Author: Philip Mathew
 Added: 05/17/2003
 Type: Summary
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The millions of years of stellar evolution summed up in about two pages.
Stellar Energy Generation and Nucleosynthesis
Author: Philip Mathew
 Added: 03/21/2003
 Type: Tutorial
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This article is a brief explanation of energy generation in stars and the means of creating heavier elements.
Light Pollution
Author: Jennifer Barlow
 Added: 02/17/2003
 Type: Summary
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What is light pollution? Find out here what it is and why it is a problem.
Our Universe Could Be Flatter Than We Think
Author: Erich Schoedl
 Added: 01/23/2003
 Type: Summary
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Until the last decade or so, the expansion of the universe was thought to have had an almost constant value (the Hubble constant) since Hubble first discovered the redshift of far away starlight...
The Fates of Massive Stars
Author: Nathan Cochran
 Added: 12/24/2002
 Type: Summary
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Deep in the vastness of space, beyond our solar system, stars are born in primordial nebulae, gaseous molecular clouds on the spiral arms of galaxies extending across the heavens. Within this gaseous womb a protostar is born, and just as there is new life in the universe there is also death…
Solar Eclipse
Author: Paul Hancock
 Added: 12/12/2002
 Type: Tutorial
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Safe Viewing, What is it, and what can I expect to see?
"Landing on The Moon Was a Big Hoax", Not
Author: Nick Smith
 Added: 12/11/2002
 Type: Review
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Has anyone ever said "We didn't land on the moon!" or "It was just some big hoax!" and they give you all this proof and you think "hmmm maybe they are right..." Well guess what. They are wrong!
Meteor Showers
Author: Jennifer Barlow
 Added: 11/22/2002
 Type: Tip
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What are meteor showers? What causes them? Find out!
Kaluza, Klein, and the Grand Unified Theory
Author: Jim Adson
 Added: 11/19/2002
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Hidden dimensions and unified forces, an introduction to Kaluza-Klein Theories.
The Constants of Nature
Author: Tormod Guldvog
 Added: 11/07/2002
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After years of recycling old ideas and essays, John D. Barrow, one of the finest British cosmologists, have finally come up with a refreshingly good book which questions the constancy of the underlying forces of our Universe.
The Loneliness in a Dark Room
Author: Philip Mathew
 Added: 11/03/2002
 Type: Summary
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Are we truly alone in the Universe? Man has looked up at the skies with wonder and realized the question as to whether he is alone in such a seemingly vast and beautiful Universe. The answer to that question...
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