25 Jul 2008 at 2:44am Washington, July 25 (ANI): Scientists, using the Hubble Space Telescope, have found the largest sample of very distant galaxies seen to date: ten promising candidates thought to ...
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25 Jul 2008 at 2:22am When they hear I am an astronomer, people invariably ask what exactly it is that I do. In the back of their minds they have a picture of somebody standing in the dark on a cold ...
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25 Jul 2008 at 1:25am The discovery of an obscure addendum to a long-forgotten will is reviving a flicker of protest against the sale of the David Dunlap Observatory. Researchers for the community group ...
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24 Jul 2008 at 11:02pm Washington, July 25 (ANI): Visually impaired people may soon be able to drive or perform other activities requiring sharper distance vision with the help of glasses embedded with a ...
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24 Jul 2008 at 10:09am Glasses embedded with a telescope promise to make it easier for people with impaired vision to drive and do other activities requiring sharper distance vision. Schepens Eye ...
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23 Jul 2008 at 11:29am Although we can't actually see a black hole, we can see the black hole's effect on nearby matter. But even that is difficult because infrared light from clouds of dust and gas ...
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23 Jul 2008 at 10:03am The origin of magnetic fields in our universe is a mystery. But magnetic fields are a key part of the interstellar medium and scientists are finding they may play a major role in ...
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