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•Exploration of the Solar System, in particular Mars and the Saturn system.
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•Surveys of galaxies that take us to the “dawn” of light 13 billion years ago.
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•Status report on the exoplanet “zoo” and the search for life beyond Earth. Instructor Chris Impey is a nationally-reputed astronomer and educator. He has over 220 research publications, 11 teaching awards, 2 textbooks, 3 popular astronomy books, and he has had 12 projects approved on the Hubble Space Telescope.

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