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No unread posts Announcements Student Engagement...
04-14-2010 1:33 PM
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No unread posts Being or Becoming a Scientist
For example, what's it like being a scientist?
 Re: careers
04-16-2010 12:24 PM
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No unread posts Scientist's Hobbies
For example, perhaps you have a hobby in common with a scientist that you want to talk about.
 Re: Sports ... ...
04-16-2010 12:31 PM
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No unread posts Facts about the Sun
Before asking a question about the Sun, you may want to see check out these facts about the Sun. This will answer all your questions about how hot the Sun is (1), how big it is (2), how old it is (3), etc.
 Re: sun
04-16-2010 12:46 PM
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No unread posts Sunspots
For example, what are sunspots?
 Sunspots
04-16-2010 8:35 AM
  		5 10
No unread posts Solar Eclipses
For example, what's the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
 Re: eclipse
04-15-2010 8:23 PM
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No unread posts Solar Storms
For example, how fast is a Coronal Mass Ejection? What is a solar flare?
 solar storms
04-16-2010 8:36 AM
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No unread posts Magnetism and Magnetic Storms
For example, what is the streangth of a magnetic field in a sunspot?
 Re: Magnetars
04-15-2010 5:31 AM
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No unread posts Ancient Observatories
For example, are there any ancient observatories in the United States?
 Re: GHAMAS - Ancient...
04-15-2010 11:44 AM
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No unread posts Black holes
Check out this page from the University of Cambridge for all you need to know about black holes.
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No unread posts Other
Anything else you can think of not covered in the other categories.
 Re: moon program
04-16-2010 12:49 PM
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No unread posts 2005 Feb28-Mar04 Subforum(s) Facts about the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Solar Eclipses, Scientist's hobbies, Ancient Observatories, Being or becoming a scientist, Other   64 143
No unread posts 2005 Sep26-30 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Scientist's hobbies, Facts about the Sun , Solar Eclipses, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Other   67 148
No unread posts 2006 March 06-10 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Facts about the Sun, Solar Eclipses, Scientist's hobbies, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: hobbies
03-10-2006 11:53 AM
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No unread posts 2006 October 02-06 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Facts about the Sun, Solar Eclipses, Scientist's hobbies, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: ancient/u.s...
10-17-2007 11:14 AM
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No unread posts 2007 Feb26-Mar02 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Scientist's hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Solar Eclipses, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: Essay about...
03-20-2008 10:38 AM
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No unread posts 2007 Oct 15-19 Subforum(s) Sunspots, Solar Storms, Solar Eclipses, Ancient Observatories, Being or becoming a scientist, Scientist's hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Other Re: sunspots
03-17-2008 4:11 PM
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No unread posts 2008 March 17-21 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Scientist's hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Other, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Solar Eclipses, Solar Energy, Ancient Observatories   156 384
No unread posts 2008 Oct 20-24 Subforum(s) Being or Becoming a Scientist, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Scientist's Hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Solar Eclipses, Solar Energy, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: How does the...
10-05-2009 10:50 AM
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No unread posts 2009 March 9-13 Subforum(s) Being or Becoming a Scientist, Scientist's Hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Solar Eclipses, Other Re: Solar Telescopes
10-07-2009 12:58 PM
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No unread posts 2009 Oct 05-09 Subforum(s) Facts about the Sun, Being or Becoming a Scientist, Solar Eclipses, Solar Storms, Scientist's Hobbies, Sunspots, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: observatory
04-12-2010 9:25 PM
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