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The Submillimeter Array: Celebrating a Decade of Discovery

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Cambridge, MA - Ten years ago, eight antennas on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, united to form a telescope unlike any other. Since then the Submillimeter Array (SMA) has examined th...

Mysterious X-ray Signal Intrigues Astronomers

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Cambridge, MA - A mysterious X-ray signal has been found in a detailed study of galaxy clusters using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton. One intriguing possibility ...

Are Ultra-Luminous Galaxies Colliding?

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Ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) are galaxies whose luminosity exceeds that of a trillion suns. By way of comparison, our Milky Way galaxy has a typical modest luminosity of only...

John Peter Huchra: A Memorial Minute

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John Huchra, Robert O. and Holly Thomis Doyle Professor of Cosmology, died at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts, at the age of 61 on October 8, 2010. His goodness, knowledge, and passi...

Shocks in the Cygnus Loop Supernovae Remnant

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Supernova remnants (SNRs) play a vital role in the lifecycle of dust in the interstellar medium. As shockwaves from supernovae sweep up interstellar material, they heat the gas and dust, ...

Mining Data Archives Yields Haul of "Red Nuggets"

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Cambridge, MA - The world of astronomy has changed. An astronomer used to have to travel to a remote location and endure long, cold nights, patiently guiding a telescope to collect pre...

The Properties of a Six-Meter Near Earth Object

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Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids (or comets) whose orbits sometimes bring them close to the earth's orbit. Thus they could potentially collide with the Earth, giving them consider...

Margaret Geller Honored by Dartmouth, NPR

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Dr. Margaret J. Geller will be recognized on Sunday, June 8th by the award of the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Dartmouth College. This will be her sixth honorary degree.Geller ...

A Violent, Complex Scene of Colliding Galaxy Clusters

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Astronomers using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have produced a spectacular image revealing new details of violent collisions involving at le...
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