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Spectacular Milky Way Photo Shows 84 Million Stars
Santiago :: Chile | 7 months ago
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Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile captured the extraordinary image of the Milky Way featuring 173 million objects, 84 million of which are stars, reports Agence France-Presse. According to the ESO, This
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Giant telescope to explore early universe
Santiago :: Chile | 7 months ago
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05 Washington: Scientists at the University of Arizona and in California have completed the most challenging large astronomical mirror ever made. The mirror will be part of the 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope, which will explore planets around
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Ex-office manager sentenced in $379,000 theft
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 7 months ago
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Sign Up A former New Albany woman who stole nearly $400,000 from her employer and then pretended to have cancer when the employer noticed the money missing was sentenced to six years in prison today...Drabyn, 42, may not spend that much time
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$200,000 Natelli Observatory opens at county schools' Earth and Space Science Lab
Gaithersburg :: MD :: USA | 8 months ago
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Earth and Space Science Lab co-director Jeff Grills said Thursday that entering the old observatory at Hood College was inspirational to view the stars through its 8-inch refracting telescope. Grills won't have to make many more trips to Hood's
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Politicians look to the stars
Sydney :: Australia | 8 months ago
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Nobel Prize winner Brian Schmidt holds an evening master class in astronomy from parliament. Professor Schmidt will lead the star-gazing tour of the universe using optical telescopes from the rooftop of Parliament House on Monday evening. The event
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Watch online as huge asteroid flies by earth tonight
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 8 months ago
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34 Washington: A newly discovered potentially hazardous asteroid, which is as big as a 14-story building, will make its close approach to Earth Thursday evening (September 13). The asteroid named, 2012 QG42 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey
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Ancient star retains youthful glow
Santiago :: Chile | 9 months ago
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Scientists using a high-powered telescope in Chile have discovered an ancient star that seems oddly impervious to ageing. The star is in a globular cluster dating back to the universe's distant past, but new images from the European Southern
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Telescope finds sugar near star
Santiago :: Chile | 9 months ago
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Astronomers using a powerful radio telescope in Chile said that they had discovered sugar molecules, one of the building blocks of life, orbiting a young star similar to the Sun. "This is the first time sugar been found in space around such a star,"
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Better access to top telescopes
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
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Chinese astronomers will have more time and opportunities to use world-class large telescopes built in Chile, a prime location for astronomical observation. China is advanced in the fields of theoretical astronomy and astrophysics, but the field of
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China unveils ambitious space projects
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
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China will launch several space projects, including a hard X-ray telescope for black hole studies, between 2014 and 2016, according to a senior Chinese astronomer. China's first space telescope, on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the International
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