The rush to build the biggest eye on the sky
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San Francisco Gate - The Hubble, which set the standard for stunning astronomical pictures, would seem less amazing. “Oh, you ain’t seen nothing yet,” said 2006 Nobel Prize-winning physicist John Mather, senior project scientist for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The
Roanoke County woman discovers distant galaxy
Roanoke Times - Horne discovered galaxy AGC #310842 while analyzing astronomical data as part of the International Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA opportunity to work at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, which boasts the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope
Lunar eclipse perfect for family viewing
Stamford Advocate - But members of the society will have smaller telescopes set up on the grounds and will be available to help the public and answer questions on the eclipse or any other astronomical topic. Viewing a total eclipse through a telescope can be very
Dartmouth Rhodes Scholar part of research team
SpaceRef - The 2.4-meter telescope we used is worth about $4 million; it is not often that one leaves an undergrad in charge of a There are so many things that are hard to really understand about astronomical observing until you actually get out there and
STSI Astronomers to Head Two Studies of Next Generation Astronomy
SpaceRef - Two astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., Dr. Marc Postman and Dr. Ken Sembach The exciting new astrophysics mission concept studies we are funding will seed preparations for astronomical space missions
Astronomers Measure Stellar Distance with 1% Accuracy
Softpedia - between the period of variability and absolute luminosity, which makes them ideal as standard candles, astronomical objects RS Pup is easily visible on the night sky with the help of a pair of binoculars or a small telescope, and is 10 time more
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