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What Are Astronomers Doing?
A comet	Unpacking a Time Capsule McDonald Observatory Assistant Director Anita Cochran will be observing Comet Garradd this week with the Harlan J. Smith Telescope. Her work may help uncover the reason behind this comet’s unusual behavior. More »

Other Projects This Week

NASA Astronomer of the Week: Pawan Kumar	Is Earth Unique?	The Chemistry of Stars & Planets
Studying Ticking Stars	Exploring Galactic Suburbs

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This program is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant AST 0227870. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

National Science Foundation The "NASA Astronomer of the Week" profile is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under an Education and Public Outreach supplement to Grant/Contract/Agreement No. NAG5-13057 issued through the Office of Space Science.