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The Milky Way's Most Recent Supernova
— May 14, 2008
Hidden behind interstellar clouds is a blast wave from a star that blew up as recently as 1850.
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Find a Missing Mars Lander!
— May 14, 2008
Ever since it crash-landed in 1999, NASA's Mars Polar Lander has been playing "hide and seek" with scientists trying to locate its remains. Now they want you to try.
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Microsoft Launches Astronomy Software
— May 13, 2008
Software giant Microsoft wants to show you the universe with its WorldWide Telescope.
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"The Antennae" Fall Into Line
— May 9, 2008
A spectacular pair of colliding galaxies starts to make better sense.
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GLAST Scientists Answer Your Questions
— May 8, 2008
Earlier this week, key members of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) team were on hand to answer your questions about NASA's next space-based observatory. Read the conversation now.
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How Type-Ia Supernovae Work: The Movie
— May 2, 2008
You thought an exploding star would be simple? Hah.
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Hubble Servicing Delayed
— May 2, 2008
NASA's upcoming service call on the Hubble Space Telescope won't happen till late September or early October.
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Portaball Reborn
— May 1, 2008
Mag 1 Instruments, maker of the Portaball Telescope, is alive and well under a new owner.
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Erratum: Jupiter's Moons for May 2008
— May 1, 2008
The Galilean-satellite events published in Sky & Telescope's May 2008 issue are incorrect. Here's the correct listing.
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Examining the Throat of a Black-Hole Jet
— April 29, 2008
How do black holes squirt away jets of matter at nearly the speed of light? Now we know!
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Robert Naeye Appointed S&T's New Editor
— April 29, 2008
New Track Media, Sky & Telescope's parent company, announced today that Bob Naeye will succeed Rick Fienberg as the magazine's editor in chief.
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Polaris's Pulsations Pick Up
— April 28, 2008
The North Star, slightly variable in brightness, continues to confound expectations.
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Carter Worth Roberts, 1946–2008
— April 29, 2008
A pillar of amateur astronomy in the western US has died at the age of 62.
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Telescopes Galore at NEAF
— April 28, 2008
Dozens of new products debut at the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show.
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