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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.

What Is Inside a Star? From Core to Surface Earth & Space
What Would Happen If the Sun Was a Blue Star?Earth & Space
What Are Lobate Scarps and How Do They Form?Earth & Space
Why Are We Unlikely to Find Earth-Like Planets Around Halo Stars?Earth & Space
Does It Rain Diamonds on Venus? The Science Explained Earth & Space
What Keeps a Main Sequence Star From Blowing Apart?Physics
What Key Evidence Suggests That Triton Is a Captured Moon?Earth & Space
What Is the Structure of the Sun?Earth & Space
What Is a Roche Limit and How Does It Work?Earth & Space
Where Did the Sun’s 28% Helium Come From?Earth & Space
What Occurs Once a Star’s Core Becomes Primarily Iron?Earth & Space
Why Is Earth Not Affected by Solar Wind?Earth & Space
How Is the Rotation of the Sun Different From the Rotation of Earth?Earth & Space
How Do Scientists Predict When and Where an Eclipse Will Occur?Earth & Space
What Is the Analemma and What Causes Its Shape?Earth & Space
Why Was It Difficult to Accept the Heliocentric Model?Physics
Why Does Jupiter Look Blue in Some Images?Earth & Space
Why Can a Faint Image of the Moon Be Seen During a New Moon?Earth & Space
Why Do Stars Flicker Red and Blue?Earth & Space
How Long Does It Take for a Photon to Escape the Sun?Physics
What Is Planetary Differentiation?Earth & Space
How Hot Is the Exosphere? The Temperature Paradox Earth & Space
What Is the Fate of an Isolated Brown Dwarf?Earth & Space
What Is Wrong With the Sun? From Flares to Its Fate Earth & Space
Why Are Most Craters on the Moon Round?Earth & Space
What Would Happen If the Sun’s Core Temperature Rose?Earth & Space
How Did the Heliocentric Theory Differ From the Geocentric Theory?Earth & Space
Why Do Asteroids Burn Up in the Atmosphere?Earth & Space
Why Does the Moon Change Sizes in the Sky?Earth & Space
Where Is Betelgeuse on the H-R Diagram?Earth & Space