Powerful Canary Island Telescope Finally Comes to Life
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Years in the planning, one of the world's most powerful telescopes sees its first light over the weekend. It should be fully operational by next May.
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SAN DIEGO&nbsp;-- Astronomers are highly confident that they've taken the first photograph of a planet outside our solar system.
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Astronomers using telescopes not much larger than the spyglass Galileo wielded 400 years ago have discovered a new Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a bright, distant star.
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A telescope with a 4-inch diameter -- about the size that some backyard astronomers might use -- tracked the periodic dimming of light from a bright star 500 light-years away.
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Space watchers were set for a rare treat on Tuesday after US space authorities released pictures of a huge asteroid they said would zoom past Earth within sight of amateur telescopes.
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Astronomers produce amazing pictures using a remarkable new instrument on the UK Infrared Telescope in Hawaii.
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For the first time, an international team of astronomers led by Guy Perrin from the Paris Observatory/LESIA, (Meudon, France) and Stephen Ridgway from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (Tucson, Arizona, USA) has observed the close environment of
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Scientists have taken a giant leap toward making possible the dream of building a powerful telescope on the moon that could withstand even the harshest of lunar conditions.
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes began spying on the universe on Friday, using its 34-foot wide mirror to search for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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UK physicists finish a crucial element of a device that will probe the forces that shape our Universe.
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Observing the image of a faint object that lies close to a star is a demanding task as the object is generally hidden in the glare of the star. Characterising this object, by taking spectra, is an even harder challenge.
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Telescopes aboard the Hinode satellite have been returning some of their first results.
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HILO, Hawai&#39;i - A new camera at the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope atop Mauna Kea will be able to capture images 3,600 times larger that those taken by the camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers said.
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Take a photo tour of mankind's most ambitious physics experiment ever.
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WASHINGTON - Astronomers have used a network of small telescopes to discover a planet circling a far-off star. &quot;This discovery demonstrates that even humble telescopes can make huge contributions to planet
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Scientists hope to build a giant âpinhole cameraâ in space to spot planets orbiting distant stars. The New Worlds Imager would be the size of a football field with a 30ft wide hole in the centre.
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes will be trained on the skies on Friday, searching for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.