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Unless otherwise noted, these are all from Scientific American and can be downloaded via the School's computers. rev.2008 1106
Index Title Year Month Page
A010-006 "The Origins of the Greek Constellations" 2006 Nov 98
A010-007 "Hubble's Top 10" 2006 Jul 44
         
A030-020 "The Scientific Legacy of Apollo" 1994 Jul 40
A030-019 "Was the Race to the Moon Real?" 1994 Jun 36
         
A053-008 "Collisions with Asteroids and Comets" 1996 Mar 54
A053-005 "The Day the World Burned" 2003 Dec 99
         
A060-001 "The Genesis of Planets" 2008 May 50
A050-003 "Migrating Planets" 1999 Sep 56
A060-005 "Hot Jupiters" 1996 Nov 20
         
A070-006 "Bracing for a Solar Superstorm" 2008 Aug 80
A070-007 "The Stellar Dynamo" 1996 Aug 46
         
A080-011 "Fountains of Youth" 2000 Aug 42
A080-017 "The First Stars in the Universe" 2001 Dec 62
         
A060-004 "A Universe of Disks" 2004 Oct 48
A080-012 "How to Blow Up a Star" 2006 Oct 42
A080-013 "The Earth's Elements" 1994 Oct 58
         
A080-010 "Unmasking Black Holes" 1999 May 40
A080-005 "Black Holes and the Centrifugal Force Paradox" 1993 Mar 74
         
A100-006 "The Life Cycle of Galaxies" 2002 Jun 46
A110-013 "The Galactic Odd Couple" 2003 Jul 34
         
A120-005 "Making Sense of Modern Cosmology"      
A120-013 "Misconceptions About the Big Bang"      
A120-019 "The Evolution of the Univserse"