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Below are some thoughts I have about topics I find interesting. These also serve as the Weekly Pondering (WP) assignments for my astronomy 1/2 students. At the bottom of each entry, the WP assignment is given; it is due before the associated WP class. Please check the calendar for the WP schedule. I might make changes to these up to a week before the assignments are due. 

1: Asking Questions (photo in the public domain)

2: Round and Round and... (Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS)

3: Planetary Habitability within the Solar System (photo in the public domain)

4: The Search For     Extraterrestrial Life (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC))

5: Measuring the Stars (Credit: NASA, ESA)

6: Gamma Ray Bursts (Credit: ESO/GROND)

7: Personally Exploring the Universe? (photo in public domain)

8: Small Solar System Bodies (Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker) 

9: The Formation of the Solar System (By Datumizer - Own work. Source code., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72861924)

10: The Formation of the Elements, and of us (By Raphael.concorde - Photo taken during visit at NASA KSC chemical processing facility, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81758142)

11: Black Holes (Credit: EHT Collaboration) 

12: Dark Matter (photo in the public domain)