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A science center planetarium educator, Travis Lund writes about observational astronomy for Biology Insights. He previously led museum tours and presented public astronomy demonstrations. Lund still conducts live dome shows and teacher workshops a few hours a week.

Why Does the Moon Reach Perigee Before the New Moon?Earth & Space
Does the Moon Have a Mantle? Its Interior Explained Earth & Space
Why Don’t Satellites Fall to Earth?Physics
Which Stars Are the Youngest in the Universe?Earth & Space
How Did Earth Get Its Heavier Elements?Earth & Space
Why Did the Solar Nebula Heat Up as It Collapsed?Earth & Space
What Is the Process of Accretion in Astronomy?Earth & Space
Is the Moon Plasma? Explaining Its True Physical State Physics
Is the Sun Losing Mass? Explaining Where It Goes Earth & Space
What Is a Yellow Dwarf Star? The Life Cycle Explained Earth & Space
Why Does the Sun’s Surface Seethe and Churn?Earth & Space
Where Are Protostars Born? The Stellar Birth Process Earth & Space
How Does a Planet Become Tidally Locked?Earth & Space
What Causes Clouds of Dust and Gas to Form a Protostar?Earth & Space
Does Pluto Have Volcanoes? Evidence of Cryovolcanism Earth & Space
Why Don’t Stars Explode Like Hydrogen Bombs?Physics
What Does Jupiter Look Like Inside?Earth & Space
Why Do Asteroids and Comets Differ in Composition?Earth & Space
What Is Tidal Heating and How Does It Work?Earth & Space
What Does Space Actually Look Like to the Human Eye?Earth & Space
What Would Happen to the Moon If the Earth Disappeared?Earth & Space
Is the Sun Nuclear Energy? Explaining the Fusion Process Physics
How Are Elements Made? From the Big Bang to Supernovae Physics
Why Are There No Impact Craters on the Surface of Io?Earth & Space
Why the Moon Does Not Pass the Meridian on This Day Earth & Space
How Do Astronomers Measure the Age of a Meteorite?Earth & Space
What Would Happen If Saturn Was Our Moon?Earth & Space
What Is a Sun-Synchronous Orbit and How Does It Work?Physics
What Is Differential Rotation in Astronomy?Earth & Space
What Will Happen to Earth When the Sun Becomes a Red Giant?Earth & Space