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Description Astronomy - September 2015 English | 76 pages | True PDF | 33.9 mb FEATURES 24 Starmus will honor Stephen Hawking in 2016 Next summer, the science festival will revolve around the life of the renowned theoretical physicist. DAVID J. EICHER 28 COVER STORY Multiverses: Science or science fiction? BOB BERMAN explores the strange ideas that drive theorists to believe in parallel universes. 34 Ask Astro Moon musings. 36 The Sky this Month Totality’s long embrace. MARTIN RATCLIFFE AND ALISTER LING 38 StarDome and Path of the Planets RICHARD TALCOTT; ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROEN KELLY 44 Rendezvous with an evolving comet As Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko heads closer to the Sun and grows more active, the Rosetta and Philae spacecraft scrutinize its complex behavior. RICHARD TALCOTT 50 The weirdest star in the universe Astronomers dreamt up the idea of Thorne-Zytkow objects — dead stars inside dying stars — in the 1970s. Only recently have they tracked one down. YVETTE CENDES 56 Eclipse of the Super Moon On September 27, the biggest Full Moon of the year will pass through Earth’s shadow. DEAN REGAS 60 Astronomy’s sixth annual Star Products PHIL HARRINGTON COLUMNS Strange Universe 10 BOB BERMAN For Your Consideration 14 JEFF HESTER Secret Sky 18 STEPHEN JAMES O’MEARA Observing Basics 22 GLENN CHAPLE Astro Sketching 68 ERIKA RIX QUANTUM GRAVITY Snapshot 9 Astro News 12 IN EVERY ISSUE From the Editor 6 Letters 10, 14, 22 Web Talk 26 New Products 69 Advertiser Index 70 Reader Gallery 72 Breakthrough 74 Related Torrents
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