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Astronomer and science communicator Diana Hannikainen has been named the next Editor in Chief of Sky & Telescope (S&T), a monthly magazine owned by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) that covers all aspects of amateur and professional astronomy. Hannikainen, who is currently S&T’s Observing Editor, will move into the role of Editor in Chief at the start of November […]
Beverly Turner Lynds poses with the author’s telescope.Rodney Pommier American astronomer Beverly T. Lynds died peacefully on October 5, 2024, at a hospice in Portland, Oregon, after suffering a stroke in early September. She was 95 years old. Beverly Turner was born on August 19, 1929, in Shreveport, Louisiana, but moved to New Orleans at age […]