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Preservation - Spa, Houses Proposed Near Wisc. Observatory
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| September 27, 2006 -- In addition to seeing the stars, visitors to Wisconsin's 109-year-old Yerkes Observatory might soon also see development. This fall, Mirbeau... |
NASA - ASTRONOMERS ANNOUNCE FIRST CLEAR EVIDENCE OF A BROWN DWARF
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| February 28, 2005 -- Astronomers have made the first unambiguous detection and image of an elusive type of object known as a brown dwarf. ... |
National Science Foundation - Newfound Quasar Wins Title: "Most Distant in the Universe"
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| February 18, 2000 -- and closing If Guinness had a Book of Cosmic Records, a newly discovered quasar in the constellation Cetus would make the front page.... |
NASA - NEWFOUND QUASAR WINS TITLE "MOST DISTANT IN THE UNIVERSE"
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| February 18, 2000 -- If Guinness had a Book of Cosmic Records, a newly discovered quasar in the constellation Cetus would make the front page. This distant... |
Natural History - Sixty-five Years of Discovery
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| February 1, 2000 -- 1935 Hayden Planetarium opens (October) 1935 Hayden Planetarium opens (October) 1937 Grote Reber begins construction of backyard... |
Science News - Two more moons for Uranus - researchers discovered that Uranus has two additional moons, for a total of 17 known satellites - Brief Article
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| December 6, 1997 -- Large telescopes are often reserved for examining distant reaches of the heavens, but they can do wonders exploring Earth's own backyard. Using the... |
Science News - Comet Hale-Bopp: alive and spewing - observations of material ejected by comet - Brief Article
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| October 25, 1997 -- The comet of the century is finally out of view of telescopes in Hawaii, and David C. Jewitt couldn't be happier. The comet of the century is... |
Science News - Earth, water, and comets - the ice-water in comets have been ruled out by French scientists as the source of earth's waters - Brief Article
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| August 16, 1997 -- Although comets contain an abundance of water-ice, they could not have been the main source of water for Earth's oceans. That's the conclusion of a... |
NASA - HUBBLE AND IUE HALE-BOPP OBSERVATIONS SURPRISE ASTRONOMERS
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| March 27, 1997 -- Completing an unprecedented year-long study of Comet Hale- Bopp using two NASA observatories, the Hubble Space Telescope and the... |
Science World - A comet is coming … again: a newly discovered comet may be the brightest in decades
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:29:59 PM
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| February 21, 1997 -- The discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp in Jul 1995 caused much excitement among astronomers because of the brightness of the comet. The comet's return to... |




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