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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 12 > Astronomers strike a telescopic jackpot

Astronomers strike a telescopic jackpot

By Robert S. Boyd / The Bulletin
January 12, 2009

WASHINGTON — Astronomers this year are about to get a windfall of new and improved telescopes of unprecedented power with which to explore the universe.

The bonanza arrives 400 years after Galileo spied craters on the moon through the world’s first telescope.

Instruments....

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