Astronomy & Geophysics

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Special Issue: The story of Alpha Centauri

December 2012

Volume 53, Issue 6

Pages 6.04–6.39

  1. News and Views

    1. Top of page
    2. News and Views
    3. Features
    4. Obituaries
    5. Index
    6. Society News
    1. Communicating risk – and the risk of communicating (page 6.04)

      Sue Bowler

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604.x

    2. L'Aquila verdict poses risk for science (page 6.04)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_1.x

    3. HARPS spots nearby exo-Earth (page 6.04)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_2.x

    4. Citizen science finds planet (page 6.04)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_3.x

    5. Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012 (page 6.05)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_4.x

    6. Act now to access online journals (page 6.05)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_5.x

    7. Superfast star at galactic centre (page 6.05)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_6.x

    8. Willetts cancels BAS/NOC merger (page 6.05)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_7.x

    9. Happy Birthday ESO (page 6.06)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_8.x

    10. Dark sky park grows (page 6.06)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_9.x

    11. Life on Mars? (page 6.06)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_10.x

    12. Astronomical model is world's biggest (page 6.06)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_11.x

    13. Prizes for identifying dark matter (page 6.06)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_12.x

    14. NAM 2013: call for sessions (page 6.06)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_13.x

    15. Paintballing to save the planet (page 6.06)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53604_14.x

    16. Why is there weather on Uranus? (page 6.07)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607.x

    17. New Horizons in dry run for Pluto (page 6.07)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_1.x

    18. Dawn finds fault with Vesta (page 6.07)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_2.x

    19. Vesta shows signs of dynamo (pages 6.07–6.08)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_3.x

    20. Sentinel for 2017 launch (page 6.07)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_4.x

    21. LADEE gets ready (page 6.07)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_5.x

    22. Global observatory (page 6.07)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_6.x

    23. Water water everywhere (page 6.08)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_7.x

    24. Remote sensing of active volcanoes – on Io (page 6.08)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_8.x

    25. Olivine dust at Beta Pictoris (page 6.08)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53607_9.x

  2. Features

    1. Top of page
    2. News and Views
    3. Features
    4. Obituaries
    5. Index
    6. Society News
    1. Euclid, tectonics and white dwarfs (page 6.09)

      Dr Thomas Kitching, Dr Juliet Biggs, Prof. Martin Barstow and Prof. Gerald Roberts

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53609.x

    2. A journey through time and space: Alpha Centauri (pages 6.10–6.16)

      Martin Beech

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53610.x

    3. A community standard for recording skyglow data (pages 6.17–6.18)

      C C M Kyba and D E Lolkema

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53617.x

    4. The origin of dust in galaxies in the Herschel and ALMA era (pages 6.19–6.23)

      Haley Gomez and Mikako Matsuura

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53619.x

    5. The scientific legacy of Apollo (pages 6.24–6.28)

      Ian Crawford

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53624.x

    6. The spectroscopy of the dynamic Sun (pages 6.29–6.30)

      Helen Mason and Deb Baker

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53629.x

    7. James Bradley and reflections on a special year (pages 6.31–6.33)

      K A P Walsh

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53631.x

  3. Obituaries

    1. Top of page
    2. News and Views
    3. Features
    4. Obituaries
    5. Index
    6. Society News
    1. Sir Bernard Lovell OBE FRS 1913–2012 (pages 6.34–6.35)

      Ralph Spencer

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53634.x

    2. Deaths of Fellows (page 6.35)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53634_1.x

    3. Peter D Hingley 1951–2012 (page 6.36)

      Sue Bowler, Allan Chapman, Roger Hitchins, Derek McNally, Kevin Kilburn and   Peter

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53634_2.x

  4. Index

    1. Top of page
    2. News and Views
    3. Features
    4. Obituaries
    5. Index
    6. Society News
    1. Index to A&G volume 53 (pages 6.37–6.38)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53637.x

  5. Society News

    1. Top of page
    2. News and Views
    3. Features
    4. Obituaries
    5. Index
    6. Society News
    1. Minor planet Hingley? (page 6.39)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53639.x

    2. Government and science awards for RAS Fellows (page 6.39)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53639_1.x

    3. Government and science awards for RAS Fellows (page 6.39)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53639_2.x

    4. Diversity Committee (page 6.39)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53639_3.x

    5. Grants deadline (page 6.39)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53639_4.x

    6. New Fellows (page 6.39)

      Article first published online: 19 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53639_5.x

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