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NASA Space Telescopes Spot Elusive Brown Dwarf

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, NASA's Spitzer and Swift space telescopes have joined forces to unveil an elusive brown dwarf - thought to be the missing link between planets and stars, with masses up to 80 times that of Jupiter.




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Rival giant telescopes join forces to seek U.S. funding

Prof. Wendy Freedman discusses benefits of multiple telescopes




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New Report Charts Path for Next Decade of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Recommends Future Ground and Space Telescopes, Scientific Priorities, Investments in Scientific Community

A new decadal survey presents a visionary plan for the fields of astronomy and astrophysics, identifying scientific priorities and opportunities, and recommending an ambitious program of investment to strengthen the profession and achieve new capabilities.




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Radio telescopes give astronomers rare glimpse at a young protostar’s formation

The way that massive stars form remains mysterious, in part, because massive stars are rare and tend to spend their youth shrouded by dust and gas and hidden from view.

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Give us the telescopes and we’ll find the asteroid mines!

An 880-pound asteroid moving at 38,000 miles per hour hit the moon last September with a blast equivalent to 15 tons of TNT. While errant […]

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RADIO TELESCOPES COULD SPOT STARS HIDDEN IN THE GALACTIC CENTER

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is a mysterious place. Not only is it thousands of light-years away, it’s also cloaked in so much […]

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Telescopes to peer into hearts of black holes

Event Horizon Telescope will harness the power of 9 telescopes around the globe.




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How Self-Driving Telescopes Could Transform Astronomy

Perhaps astronomers need help from something that thinks a bit less like a human.




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Telescopes and spacecraft join forces to probe deep into Jupiter's atmosphere

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have teamed up with the Juno spacecraft to probe the mightiest storms in the solar system, taking place more than 500 million miles away on the giant planet Jupiter.




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Telescopes and spacecraft join forces to probe deep into Jupiter's atmosphere

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have teamed up with the Juno spacecraft to probe the mightiest storms in the solar system, taking place more than 500 million miles away on the giant planet Jupiter.




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NASA Space Telescopes Spot Elusive Brown Dwarf

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, NASA's Spitzer and Swift space telescopes have joined forces to unveil an elusive brown dwarf - thought to be the missing link between planets and stars, with masses up to 80 times that of Jupiter.




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Alien hunters are searching for signatures emitted from 'interstellar beacons' using telescopes

SETI scientists are sure aliens have placed a beacon in the center of the galaxy and are building a system that 'piggyback' off VLA telescope in New Mexico to detect the device's signatures.




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A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy by Wilson Wall

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EXTREME PARTICLE ACCELERATION IN MICROQUASAR JETS AND PULSAR WIND NEBULAE WITH THE MAGIC TELESCOPES

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8th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Large Mirrors and Telescopes / Cho, Myung

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Ground-based and airborne telescopes VI: 26 June-1 July 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom / Helen J. Hall, Roberto Gilmozzi, Heather K. Marshall, editors ; sponsored by SPIE

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