8/1998, Future of the Universe

The Future of the Universe COVER STORY
Almost nothing is forever. The cosmos will be a very different place 10'4 years from now, and it will be alien indeed in 10100 years.
By Fred C. Adams and Gregory Laughlin
The Triumphant Turnaround of Mars Global Surveyor
The saga of its damaged solar panel a fading memory, the orbiter has a revamped schedule that is gently shepherding the traft toward success.
By Samantha Parker
Sharper Images Through Video
With off-the-shelf video equipment, a novel imaging method can extract diffraction-limited performance from backyard telescopes.
By Ron Dantowitz
Reincarnation of a Classic
They played a major role in launching the deep-sky observing revolution that swept through amateur astronomy in the 1980s. Now the low-cost Odyssey telescopes are back, and they're better than ever.
5&r Test Report By Sue and Alan French
Satellite-Tracking Sampler
Keep tabs an thousands of Earth-orbiting satellites.
Astronomical Computing By Dan Laszlo
The Outer Limits
The Texas Star Party celebrates 20 glorious years of deep-sky observing.
Amateur Astronomers By Stephen James O'Meara
Seeking Summer's Dark Nebulae
From the Great Rift to Herschel's Hole in the Heavens, there's more to interstellar dust than meets the eye. Observer's Log 1 By Alan Whitman
Teaching an Old Dob New Tricks
Souping up your Dobsonian telescope for optimum performance is easier than you think.
Telescope Techniques By Gary Seronik Rambling Through the Skies
Women at risk. By E. C. Krupp
Sky & Telescope's Guide to the Sky
Lanterns Along the Sun's Way • Northern Hemisphere Sky Map • Binocular Highlight: The Dumbbell Nebula • Sun. Moon, and Planets • Southern Hemisphere Sky Map
Perseids in the Moonlight
Here's what to expect from this year's Perseid meteor showei By Alan M. MacRobert
The Cygnus Baseball Diamond
A little asterism in the celestial swan evokes images of a
ballgame.
By Alan M. MacRobert
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By Jay Ryan
 

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