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  X-ray telescope produces gorgeous photos of Kepler supernova's remains

  By Justin Rubio on September 15, 2012 03:34 am + 15 comments

  Over four hundred years ago, famed astronomer Johannes Kepler witnessed a bright new star light up Continue reading…

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  Fly through 400,000 galaxies with the largest 3D map of the universe

  By Justin Rubio on August 9, 2012 04:22 pm + 20 comments

  The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has released the largest-ever 3D map of the universe, captured Continue reading…

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  First images from privately-funded Discovery Channel Telescope revealed

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 24, 2012 01:48 am + 11 comments

  The first images from the Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona are Continue reading…

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  See a city block-sized asteroid pass by Earth on Sunday

  By Adi Robertson on July 20, 2012 03:54 pm + 14 comments

  At 7:30pm EDT on Sunday, July 22nd, a 3,000-foot asteroid will pass by Earth at a distance of 3.2 Continue reading…

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  Watch this: PBS 'Off Book' explores worlds beyond the human eye

  By Evan Rodgers on July 1, 2012 06:53 am + 10 comments

  We often consider how technology enables easy and convenient communication, but less obvious are the Continue reading…

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  Non-profit wants to launch deep space telescope to protect humanity from dangerous asteroids

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 29, 2012 08:01 am + 6 comments

  Non-profit group the B612 Foundation is launching a project which it hopes will see a telescope Continue reading…

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  Reconnaissance agency offers NASA two Hubble-class telescopes

  By Evan Rodgers on June 5, 2012 06:40 am + 20 comments

  The National Reconnaissance Office — an intelligence agency that patrols the skies to protect Continue reading…

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  Time-lapse video of the 2012 annular eclipse assembled from 700 frames

  By Adi Robertson on May 22, 2012 08:46 am + 23 comments

  The 2012 annular eclipse was only visible from China to the midwestern US, but this time-lapse video Continue reading…

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  Spectral Instruments' 112-megapixel sensor can photograph the sun and the stars in daylight

  By Jamie Keene on May 18, 2012 08:20 am + 43 comments

  Spectral Instruments is showing off an enormous 112-megapixel 1100-series camera sensor that has a Continue reading…

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  MOSFIRE spectrometer gathers infrared light to study earliest galaxies

  By Amar Toor on April 12, 2012 01:10 am + 3 comments

  A team of researchers is nearing completion on a five-ton spectrometer that, once finalized, will Continue reading…