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Posted by Webmaster on Thursday March 06, 2008, @08:28AMfrom the dept. REPOSTED FROM ORIGINAL http://uanews.org ARTICLE By Lori Stiles, University Communications March 6, 2008
Astronomers hail the first views with twin giant mirrors as a milestone for science.
The Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, Ariz., has taken celestial images using its twin side-by-side, 8.4-meter (27.6 foot) primary mirrors together, achieving first "binocular" light. 
Posted by Webmaster on Tuesday February 19, 2008, @01:51PMfrom the dept. REPOSTED FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE By University Communications January 4, 2008
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project has received two major gifts: $20 million from the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences and $10 million from Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Posted by Webmaster on Friday September 14, 2007, @08:40AMfrom the dept. Large Binocular Telescope Astronomers Publish First Scientific Paper
REPOSTED FROM ORIGINAL http://uanews.org ARTICLE
An international team of astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona has discovered that the Hercules Dwarf Galaxy is shaped like a cigar. That makes it an oddball among millions of its peers. 
Posted by Webmaster on Thursday August 23, 2007, @01:43PMfrom the dept. Arizona Daily Star UA Astronomy Profile Read More... from the dept. James Webb Space Telescope on KUAT Read More... 
Posted by Webmaster on Thursday August 23, 2007, @01:40PMfrom the dept. Times Change, But Do Supermassive Black Holes Remain the Same? Read More... 
Posted by Webmaster on Monday July 23, 2007, @02:39PMfrom the dept. REPOSTED FROM ORIGINAL http://uanews.org ARTICLE By Lori Stiles July 23, 2007
University of Arizona astronomers who are probing the oxygen-rich environment around a supergiant star with one of the world's most sensitive radio telescopes have discovered a score of molecules that include compounds needed for life. from the dept. NEWS RELEASE July 17, 2007 CONTACT C.J. Karamargin Communications Director U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Arizona's 8 th Congressional District (520) 881-3588 or (520) 940-4240 U.S. REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR FLOOD CONTROL, SOLAR RESEARCH House approves $15 million in federal money for Southern Arizona WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced today that the House has approved $14 million for an essential flood control project in Tucson and $1 million for cutting - edge solar energy research at the University of Arizona. Read More... ( 3206 bytes in body)
Posted by Webmaster on Wednesday July 11, 2007, @10:59AMfrom the dept. REPOSTED FROM ORIGINAL http://uanews.org ARTICLE By Lori Stiles July 11, 2007
Astronomers who used powerful telescopes in Arizona and Chile in a survey for planets around nearby stars have discovered that extrasolar planets more massive than Jupiter are extremely rare in other outer solar systems.
Posted by Webmaster on Thursday June 28, 2007, @02:26PMfrom the dept. See:
"Chemical complexity
in the winds of the oxygen-rich supergiant star VY Canis Majoris,"
by Lucy Ziurys, Stefanie Milam, Aldo Apponi, and Nick Woolf.
"Making the paper: Lucy Ziurys"
"Article: Astronomy: A new molecular factory by Sun Kwok" |
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