'Clearest' images taken of space
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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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PHOTOGRAPHS may correspond to the way things actually look in the world, but optical precision is not the same thing as reality.
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Scientists have produced the sharpest picture yet taken of atoms, with a resolution of roughly one 400-millionth of an inch.
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New images from the Cassini spacecraft reveal undulating kinks in one of the rings and theft of ring dust by a moon. The kinks are seen in greater detail than ever before and the thievery has been photographed for the first time.
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Is this newly discovered feeble point of light the long-sought bona-fide image of an exoplanet? A research paper by an international team of astronomers provides sound arguments in favor, but the definitive answer is now awaiting further observations.
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Astronomers produce amazing pictures using a remarkable new instrument on the UK Infrared Telescope in Hawaii.
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New software that replicates the way a fly sees could help the next generation of cameras pick out details obscured by movement or washed out by variations in light levels.
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Scientists unveil a revolutionary camera capable of peering into the farthest reaches of deep space.
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The mapping service's images will be refreshed when a new, high-resolution satellite beams updates.
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NASA has released three new stunning color pictures taken by the Cassini spacecraft exploring the planet Saturn. The images show the giant planet, its golden rings and several moons.
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A University of Colorado study has embarked on demonstrating that new planets can be found with the help of an orbiting starshade. The method has been compared to building a giant pinhole camera in space.
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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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Astronomers have produced some amazing pictures using a remarkable new instrument on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope in Hawaii.
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Images began streaming into the Cassini space mission&#39;s imaging team Tuesday night, bringing detailed pictures of Titan&#39;s surface.
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Scientists need help sorting through an unusual digital photo album: pictures of about 1 million galaxies.
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Astronomers have produced the first truly useful image ever of something in space using gamma rays. It's a picture only an astronomer could love, but it appears to help solve a century-long mystery.
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The European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft has sent back the first close-up pictures of the Moon taken in more than five years.