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New project to probe Milky Way history in Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
Dec 15, 2008 |
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A new project, the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment, or APOGEE, will survey more than 100,000 Milky Way red giant stars -- bright, bloated stars in a late stage of their evolution. APOGEE ...
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China builds observatory at South Pole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2008 |
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An international team led by China has installed an automated space observatory at Dome Argus, the highest point on the South Pole.
Astronomers find coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth. No human is thought to have ever been there but it is expected to yield ...
Chandra Lifts the Veil on Milky Way 'Hotspot'
Jan 23, 2008 |
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is helping to demystify Westerlund 2, a young star cluster with an estimated age of about one- or two-million years. Heavily obscured by dust and gas, Westerlund 2 has been ...
Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image of data from three different telescopes shows an ongoing collision between two galaxies, NGC 6872 and IC 4970.
Huge telescope opens in Spain's Canary Islands
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- One of the world's most powerful telescopes opened its shutters for the first time Friday to begin exploring faint light from distant parts of the universe. The Gran Telescopio Canarias, a euro130 ...
A claret-colored cloud with a massive heart
Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gum 29 is a huge region of hydrogen gas that has been stripped of its electrons (ionised) by the intense radiation of the hot young stars located at its centre. Astronomers call this an HII ...
Herschel Opens Its Infrared Eyes
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Herschel Space Observatory has snapped its first picture since blasting into space on May 14, 2009. The mission, led by the European Space Agency with important participation from NASA, ...
Birth of a star predicted
Jun 09, 2009 |
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The astrophysicist João Alves, director of the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, and his colleague Andreas Bürkert, from the German observatory in the University of Munich, believe that "the inevitable future of the starless ...
Solar Dynamics Laboratory's Smart Design Fosters Perfect Fit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Imagine a wedding dress or a tailored suit that fit the first time you try it on. That's pretty similar to how engineers felt when the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft bus was lowered onto the propulsion ...
Green Comet Approaches Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 05, 2009 |
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In 1996, a 7-year-old boy in China bent over the eyepiece of a small telescope and saw something that would change his life--a comet of flamboyant beauty, bright and puffy with an active tail. At first he ...
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