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Gazing at a DIY Dobsonian telescope (photos)
Amateur astronomer Douglas Smith made his own stargazing telescope, and it can see details on the moon. Have a look.
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Ultra-sensitive camera to measure planet sizes
U.S. astronomers and engineers have built a new camera to precisely measure the size of planets moving around distant stars. This camera has been dubbed OPTIC -- short for 'Orthogonal Parallel...
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The world's most powerful virtual telescope
Astronomers have successfully combined three telescopes located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to create the largest virtual telescope for short wavelengths. The Extended SubMillimeter Array (eSMA)...
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Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery
“If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.]...
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The best ever images of the Milky Way
The Science and Technology Facilities Council in the UK reports that an international team of more than 50 astronomers from Europe, the U.S. and Australia has released the largest digital survey...
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Making the sky searchable
Computer scientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) have teamed up with astronomers at New York University on an ambitious project. You can send them a picture of the sky above your head and...
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Images: X-rays document death of a star
Astronomers say supernova is the brightest and most powerful ever observed. And it has some casting a suspicious eye on a star in our own galaxy.
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Images: Detecting extraterrestrial life
Astronomers are building a radio telescope in the Australian outback to eavesdrop on signals from galactic civilizations.
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Gazing at a DIY Dobsonian telescope (photos)
Amateur astronomer Douglas Smith made his own stargazing telescope, and it can see details on the moon. Have a look.
-
Ultra-sensitive camera to measure planet sizes
U.S. astronomers and engineers have built a new camera to precisely measure the size of planets moving around distant stars. This camera has been dubbed OPTIC -- short for 'Orthogonal Parallel...
-
The world's most powerful virtual telescope
Astronomers have successfully combined three telescopes located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to create the largest virtual telescope for short wavelengths. The Extended SubMillimeter Array (eSMA)...
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Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery
“If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.]...
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BU astronomer sings about black holes, does cutting edge research
REALITY ABUSE (Words & Music by A. Marscher ©2003) 1. We search for a description of reality that fits our macroscopic mentality Strip the world down to its finest scales, but that where normal...
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The best ever images of the Milky Way
The Science and Technology Facilities Council in the UK reports that an international team of more than 50 astronomers from Europe, the U.S. and Australia has released the largest digital survey...
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Making the sky searchable
Computer scientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) have teamed up with astronomers at New York University on an ambitious project. You can send them a picture of the sky above your head and...
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Images: X-rays document death of a star
Astronomers say supernova is the brightest and most powerful ever observed. And it has some casting a suspicious eye on a star in our own galaxy.
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Images: Detecting extraterrestrial life
Astronomers are building a radio telescope in the Australian outback to eavesdrop on signals from galactic civilizations.
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Images: Astronomers see three new planets
Xena, Ceres and Charon would become planets under a new definition of the term from the International Astronomical Union.
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