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Mercury Magazine

Contents and Select Excerpts
Vol. 35 No. 3
May/June 2006

Mercury is a bi-monthly membership magazine. Find out how you can join the ASP today!

Page	Article
12	Life without Carbon?, Manfred Cuntz and Peter E. Williams Carbon is the centerpiece of all life on Earth and one of the most abundant elements in the Solar System and Sun-like stars. Yet alien biochemistries and one’s choice of a definition of life offer possibility for other forms of life.
24	Why "the Bear" is a Bear, Brian O’Brian The Big Dipper is an asterism that children learn and adults use to provide a comfortable sense of place on Earth, but, contrary to popular belief, not every person looking skyward sees a bear.
32	A Space for Climbing and Learning, Eric Jackson and Larry Rand Teaching children and adults about Earth’s motion through space is challenging, but an innovative tool that puts them in the navigator’s seat permits them to understand spaceship Earth.
	Departments
4	Editorial, James C. White II A Trip To Shadow.
5	Armchair Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek A Split Second Save
6	Planetary Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda Sifting the Stardust
7	Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher 75 Years Ago: The Milky Way
8	Astronomer's Notebook, Jennifer Birriel Galaxy Mergers in the Early Universe
9	Societal Impact , Dan Zevin A Network Can Always Do Better
10	Annals of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham The Personal Equation
11	Education Matters What Do You Believe?
40	Works of Note
41	Sky Events, Richard Talcott May Sky Map \| June Sky Map \| July Sky Map
44	Society Scope
47	Last Word, Dennis Schatz Making the ASP #1

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