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Rise Of The Super Telescopes: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope
When the WFIRST observatory comes online in the mid 2020s, it will take images 100 times larger than the Hubble.
7 years ago
Kamikaze Comet Loses its Head
Like coins, most comet have both heads and tails. Occasionally, during a close passage of the Sun, a comet's head will…
9 years ago
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Making Cubesats do Astronomy
One doesn't take two cubesats and rub them together to make static electricity. Rather, you send them on a brief space voyage…
10 years ago
Could An Amateur Astronomer Snap a Picture of an Exoplanet?
[/caption] Using their backyard telescope, today? No; however, this image of three exoplanets required just 1.5 meters (diameter; 60 inches)…
14 years ago