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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.

How Do Nebulas Make Stars? From Cloud to Main Sequence
Why Does the Moon Appear Bigger Than the Planets and Stars?
Why Does the Moon Wax and Wane?
What Is the Ideal Tilt for a Planet to Support Life?
Do Stars Burn Out? The Life and Death of a Star
Is Polaris a Supergiant? Its True Stellar Classification
What Is a Failed Star? The Science of Brown Dwarfs
When Do Comets Have Tails and How Do They Form?
What Would Happen If Jupiter Was as Close as the Moon?
How Is the Earth Spinning and How Do We Know?
What If the Earth Were 10% Closer to the Sun?
Why Does Earth Travel Fastest in January and Slowest in July?
What Is an Interplanetary Shock Wave?
What Happened During the Accretion Phase of the Early Solar System?
What Happens to Solar Energy When a Faculae Occurs?
What Color Are Young Stars and Why?
Do Planets Die? The Many Ways a Planet Can End
Where Can You Find Elements in the Universe?
Why Can’t a Person at the South Pole See Polaris?
How Are Stars Made? From Cloud to Main Sequence
What Are Hot Jupiters and How Do They Form?
What Are the Stages of Planet Formation?
Are Stars Actually White? The Science of Stellar Color
Why Did the Solar Nebula Flatten Into a Disk?
What Is in the Moon’s Core? Composition and Structure
What Are Star Trails and How Do You Photograph Them?
What Is a Solar Mass and How Is It Calculated?
Why Does the Moon’s Terminator Look Horizontal?
When Will Earth’s Core Cool and the Magnetic Field Stop?
What Is the Chemical Composition of a Comet?