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One of the Milky Way’s Arms Might Encircle the Entire Galaxy
Given that our Solar System sits inside the Milky Way Galaxy, getting a clear picture of what it looks like…
9 years ago
Future Games: Astronauts Tele-Operate An Earth-Bound Rover … From Space!
Astronauts, start your rover engines. Two astronauts recently remote-controlled a rover vehicle in California from their perch on the International Space…
11 years ago
The Curious Channel 37 — Must-see TV For Radio Astronomy
Thanks to Channel 37, radio astronomers keep tabs on everything from the Sun to pulsars to the lonely spaces between…
11 years ago
Arecibo Observatory
[/caption] Named after the nearby city in Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Observatory (or Arecibo Radio Telescope) is the largest single-aperture…
15 years ago
What are Telescopes?
Early theories of the Universe were limited by the lack of telescopes. Many of modern astronomy's findings would never have…
16 years ago