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Texas Astronomers Find Super-luminous Supernova

Astronomers have found another extremely bright, rare supernova to add to the new class of exploding stars that were identified a few years ago.
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Astronomy

Grahams Boost Dark Energy Studies

Gift from Bob and Annie Graham will help astronomers solve the mystery of dark energy.
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Project to Study 'Dark Energy' Receives $8 Million From National Science Foundation
Astronomy

Project to Study 'Dark Energy' Receives $8 Million From National Science Foundation

A project to discover the nature of dark energy, a mysterious force causing the expansion of the universe to speed up, has received an $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). AUSTIN, Texas — A project to discover the nature of dark energy, a mysterious force causing the expansion of the universe to speed up, has received an $8...
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Quasar Girl
Astronomy

Quasar Girl

Astronomy student Krista Smith fulfills her dream to become an astronomer and studies quasars, the massive, incredibly distant, extraordinarily bright galaxies with active black holes at their center.

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