Ga. astronomy village fills up quickly
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The most important rule at this remote vacation spot is simple: no white light. Even a sliver of the pupil-dilating rays coming from the window of a cabin at Deerlick Astronomy Village could ruin a neighbor's view of the Milky Way. The 96-acre village in rural Taliaferro County in eastern Georgia is designed for amateur stargazers looking for total darkness and wide-open spaces to build weekend homes.
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A high, almost windless spot in the central region of the Antarctic plateau is the best place on Earth to view the stars, according to the first results from a small, automated telescope.
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By SANDY STRICKLAND  A friend from California asked Mike Reynolds if he would like some free telescopes to distribute in Northeast Florida.  Sure, Reynolds said.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - In the neighborhood of astronaut Lisa Nowak, parents are now able to play catch with their kids on balmy evenings. Instead of the hum of satellite trucks, they can hear birds chirping at sunset.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space-bound electricians lit up the skies on their way to make a cosmic nighttime house call.
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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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Rise before dawn on Sunday, prepare a thermos of hot cocoa, bundle up, drive to some spot where mountains don't obstruct the eastern horizon -- and watch an astronomical grouping not seen since the Civil War.
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A NASA observatory discovers dozens of 'baby' galaxies in our midst. Scientists say the newborns could tell us a lot about our own aging Milky Way. By Amit Asaravala.
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Scientists produce their biggest 3D map yet of the "local" Universe.
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Among a batch of new planets, found by the Hubble telescope on a small patch of sky in Sagittarius, are as many as five that orbit their home stars in less than a day.
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A telescope arms race is taking shape around the world. Astronomers are drawing up plans for the biggest, most powerful instruments ever constructed, capable of peering far deeper into the universe Â and further back in time Â than ever before.
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In just a short amount of time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has bagged thousands of previously unknown dwarf galaxies in a giant cluster of galaxies. Despite their diminutive sizes, dwarf galaxies play a crucial role in cosmic evolution.
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Three Davis County teachers will join 265 science and math teachers from 21 countries and 43 U.S. states participating this month in the Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) launched a space observatory named Swift last week to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions that astronomers believe represent the birth screams of black holes.
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BLOOMINGTON -- It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... space shuttle? When Mary Milliman went out to her deck at Lake Bloomington Tuesday night, she was surprised to see two bright lights in the night sky.
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PASADENA -- An orbiting NASA telescope that scans the heavens has found evidence of massive &quot;baby&quot; galaxies that runs counter to a belief that only small new galaxies are being formed by the aging universe.
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An asteroid with a wild orbit is about to zoom by our planet. Plus: Solving the mystery of the Pioneer anomaly could take decades.... A biologist finds a chunk of space shuttle Columbia. By Amit Asaravala.