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Scientists Help Solve Mystery of Cosmic Rays

News - 12 Nov 2007

The sprawling Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory in South America has produced its first major discovery while still under construction. The international Auger collaboration has traced the rain of...
Astronomers Discovered Heftiest Known Black Hole

News - 31 Oct 2007

Using two NASA satellites, astronomers have discovered the heftiest known black hole to orbit a star. The new black hole, with a mass 24 to 33 times that of our Sun, is more massive than scientists...
University of Wyoming's Telescope is Getting a Makeover

News - 25 Oct 2007

The University of Wyoming's telescope is getting a makeover for its 30th birthday. The National Science Foundation has granted more than $400,000 to UW to replace aging hardware that controls...
NCAR Researchers Successfully Launched Solar Telescope to an Altitude of 120,000 Feet

News - 23 Oct 2007

In a landmark test flight, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and a team of research partners this month successfully launched a solar telescope to an altitude of 120,000 feet, borne...
New Camera Technology Offers Unparalleled Telescope Photography

News - 22 Oct 2007

Traditionally, space photography has posed a great challenge to astronomers. The thickness of the Earth's atmosphere has rendered earth-based telescopes far less effective than their space-based...
8-Year-Old Ultraviolet Light-Detecting Space Telescope to Shut Down

News - 19 Oct 2007

Having coaxed all the life they can out of an 8-year-old ultraviolet light-detecting space telescope, scientists will reluctantly turn it off later this month. After that, NASA's Fuse...
Scientists Have taken Important Step in Developing Lunar Telescope

News - 19 Oct 2007

Scientists from the University of Leicester have taken an important first step in developing an innovative telescope which could one day be deployed on the Moon. The telescope is called MagEX,...
World's Largest Digital Camera Will Soon Be Scanning the Sky

News - 18 Oct 2007

A colossal 1.4 gigapixel digital camera has just been deployed on the Pan-STARRS-1 (PS1) telescope in Maui, Hawaii. The PS1 is the first of four identical telescopes that make up a $100 M project...
'Seeing in the Dark' Internet Telescope

News - 17 Oct 2007

It appears that video games are not the only hot item in the cosmos. In its first month of operation, the Seeing in the Dark Internet Telescope (SIDIT) has shot images of distant galaxies and nebulae...
Giant Volcano on Mars Discovered Using Heat-Sensitive Camera

News - 12 Oct 2007

A heat-sensitive camera designed at Arizona State University and flying on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has led a team of Mars geologists to find seven small, deep holes on the flanks of Arsia...

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