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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.

Where Can You Find Elements in the Universe?Earth & Space
Why Can’t a Person at the South Pole See Polaris?Earth & Space
How Are Stars Made? From Cloud to Main Sequence Earth & Space
How Does the Sun Maintain an Environment for Nuclear Fusion?Physics
What Are Hot Jupiters and How Do They Form?Earth & Space
What Are the Stages of Planet Formation?Earth & Space
Are Stars Actually White? The Science of Stellar Color Earth & Space
Why Did the Solar Nebula Flatten Into a Disk?Earth & Space
Do Shooting Stars Make Noise? The Science Explained Physics
What Is in the Moon’s Core? Composition and Structure Earth & Space
What Are Star Trails and How Do You Photograph Them?Earth & Space
What Is a Solar Mass and How Is It Calculated?Earth & Space
Why Does the Moon’s Terminator Look Horizontal?Earth & Space
Why Does the Sun Look So Close at Sunset?Physics
When Will Earth’s Core Cool and the Magnetic Field Stop?Earth & Space
What Is the Chemical Composition of a Comet?Earth & Space
How Is the Lifetime of a Star Related to Its Mass?Earth & Space
How Can We Describe the Location of an Object in the Local Sky?Earth & Space
What Is Cosmic Dust and Where Does It Come From?Earth & Space
What Determines Which Life Cycle Path a Star Takes?Earth & Space
How Might Mars Be Different Without So Much Iron?Earth & Space
What Evidence Shows That Sunspots Are Magnetic?Earth & Space
What Protects Us From the Radiation of the Sun’s Solar Wind?Earth & Space
Does the Sun Emit Gamma Rays?Earth & Space
What Is Solar Time and How Is It Measured?Earth & Space
How Hot Is a White Dwarf? From Formation to Cooling Earth & Space
What Factors Affect the Color of a Star?Earth & Space
Why Can We See Some Stars for Only a Portion of the Year?Earth & Space
What Elements Make Up Stars and How Do We Know?Earth & Space
Why Is the Moon Getting Further Away?Earth & Space