Most Powerful Optical Telescope Finally Dedicated
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It took 20 years from conception to today, but the world&#39;s most powerful telescope was finally dedicated. Though it won&#39;t be fully operational until next year, Friday&#39;s dedication a historic milestone.
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Summary - (Nov 4, 2004) European astronomers have produced the first image of an object using high energy gamma rays - the most penetrating form of radiation known.
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Tests on the world&#39;s largest infra-red telescope began Friday ahead of its scheduled opening in 2008, the Canaries Astrophysics Institute (IAC) announced.
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By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN     PHOENIX  -- A troubled, 20-year journey to create the world's most powerful optical telescope is nearing an end, with astronomers hoping to begin using the instrument to look for heavenly breakthroughs early next year...
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Perched on the top of one of Mexico's highest mountains is a gigantic, half-built telescope that scientists hope will reveal more secrets of the universe's early years than any before it.
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A stunning image of the Orion nebula has been released from the newly operational Wide Field Camera, part of the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii.
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A team of astronomers from the US and the UK have obtained the clearest pictures from space ever taken.
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The fastest-swivelling space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit on Saturday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions.
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Telescopes aboard the Hinode satellite have been returning some of their first results.
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Scientists produce their biggest 3D map yet of the "local" Universe.
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com Staff. Astronomers have produced the first truly useful image ever of something in space using gamma rays. It&#39;s a picture only an astronomer could love, but it appears to help solve a century-long mystery.
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A troubled, 20-year journey to create the world's most powerful optical telescope is nearing an end, with astronomers hoping to begin using the instrument to look for heavenly breakthroughs early next year.
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Australia or South Africa will get to host the Square Kilometre Array, a giant next-generation radio telescope.
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Mexico flicks the switch on a huge telescope which could uncover clues about the creation of the universe.
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One of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes opened its shutters, turned its 34-foot wide mirror toward the skies and captured its first light at a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands on Saturday.
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An international team of astronomers has produced the first ever image of an astronomical object using high energy gamma rays, helping to solve a 100 year old mystery - an origin of cosmic rays.
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South Africa to build largest telescope    JOHANNESBURG, May 25 (Xinhua) -- South Africa plans to be both home to the world's largest radio telescope, and to help build it, Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena said on Friday.