Giant Mexican telescope launched
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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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Evidence for an awesome upheaval in a massive galaxy cluster was discovered in an image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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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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This discovery was made possible by the unprecedented accuracy of the HARPS spectrograph on ESO&#39;s 3.6-m telescope at La Silla, which allows radial velocities to be measured with a precision better than 1 m/s.
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Robotic Telescope Measures Speed of Material Ejected in Cosmic DeathUsing a robotic telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory, astronomers have for the first time measured the velocity of the explosions known as gamma-ray bursts.
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A new space observatory was rocketing into orbit yesterday preparing to scan the universe for the most violent celestial explosions since the Big Bang.
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Astronomers believe they've glimpsed light from some of the universe's first stars through the world's largest telescope on the Big Island.
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Astronomers reveal one of the clearest images obtained of Stephan's Quintet.
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THE fastest-swivelling space science observatory rocketed into orbit yesterday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions, which astronomers believe represent the birth screams of black holes.
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes will begin 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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Instrument to help astrophysicists learn what universe is made of, how it evolvesScientists aimed the South Pole Telescope at Jupiter on the evening of Feb. 16 and successfully collected the instrument's first test observations.
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The fastest-swiveling space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit Saturday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions that astronomers believe represent the birth screams of black holes.
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Astronomers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are testing a strangely-shaped mirror that will allow them to explore the Universe using super-energetic X-rays.
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The fastest-swiveling space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit yesterday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions that astronomers say they believe represent the birth screams of black holes.
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Tests on one of the world's largest optical telescopes have begun on the Canary Island of La Palma.
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AMBER Instrument on VLT Delivers a Wealth of ResultsThe ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer, which allows astronomers to scrutinise objects with a precision equivalent to that of a 130-m telescope, is proving itself an unequalled success every day.
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A large telescope funded and led by the UK nears completion on a mountain-top in Chile's Atacama desert.