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Neptune
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 10. If we were to travel out in the Solar System, we would eventually reach the last of the…
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The Night Sky
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 9. The stars follow a very regular pattern when viewed from the Earth. They appear to move from east…
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DNA, RNA, Genes, Chromosomes, and the Code of Life
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 8. Recently, a large rover named Perseverance landed on the planet Mars. Perseverance is searching for signs that Mars…
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First Humans in Space
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 7. Sixty years ago, humans from the planet Earth left their world for the first time and journeyed into…
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Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and the Outer Solar System
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 6. Remember Pluto? Pluto was discovered in 1930 and for over seventy years was considered the ninth planet. Pluto…
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Uranus
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 5. For thousands of years, humans looked up at the night sky and observed the stars. They found that…
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Mapping the World
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 4. The world is round (actually it is an ellipsoid, but close enough). Maps are flat. This difference doesn’t…
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The Moon
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 3. On many nights when you look up into the night sky you can see a bright object known…
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Exploring Mars, Past and Present
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 2. Back in the 19th century there was a focus on the planet Mars. Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli studied…
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 1. The universe is a big place. There might be some 200 billion to over a trillion galaxies in…
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Year End Summary 2020
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Year End. Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed the Young Astronomers Blogs for 2020. Just in case you missed…
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Saturn (and a conjunction with Jupiter)
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Number 24. Every so often, two (or more) planets appear close to each other in the night sky. We call…