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Aug 04, 2010
In an Astronomical First, Scientists Capture 3-D View of Exploding Star
Those of you who thought 3-D had jumped the shark, check this out. Using a new instrument at the Very...
Jul 21, 2010
Researchers Spot the Biggest Star Ever Seen, 265 Times Larger Than the Sun
When speaking of the cosmos, we like to attach really amazing modifiers to the phenomena we find there, prefixes like...
Jun 11, 2010
Astronomers Capture First Images of an Exoplanet Orbiting Its Star
For the first time, astronomers have been able to follow the path of an exoplanet as it orbits its star,...
Dec 12, 2009
Impressive First Images From VISTA Infrared Telescope
A powerful new telescope called VISTA — the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy — just started work at...
Apr 10, 2009
The Top 10 Telescopes of All Time
A look back at the 400-year-old art of assisted sky-gazing