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Impresionante “timelapse” del eclipse solar anular desde el Viejo San Juan

Fuente: El Nuevo Dia Así se vio parcialmente el evento astronómico desde el Paseo de la Princesa.     Cont'd. LINK:...

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The James Webb Space Telescope finishes unfolding its primary mirror, concluding major deployments

Source: The Verge The James Webb Telescope (JWST) has finished unfolding its primary mirror, ending a series of major deployments that took place over the span of two weeks. All of those deployments...

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Cuts imperil Brazil's stake in astronomy observatories (2017)

Source: Science Magazine SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL—Strapped for cash after 3 years of austerity budgets, Brazilian scientists are bracing for an even harsher year ahead. The federal government is planning to...

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Webb telescope blasts off successfully — launching a new era in astronomy

Source: Nature   The James Webb Space Telescope — humanity’s biggest gamble yet in its quest to probe the Universe — soared into space on 25 December, marking the culmination of decades of work by...

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UCF Marks 1st Year at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico

Source: UFC NewsUCF celebrates its first anniversary this month of operating the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.The observatory is the first national research center that UCF has led. It is home...

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Última Super Luna del año será visible mañana

Fuente: NoticelLa Sociedad de Astronomía de Puerto Rico (SAPR) informa que durante mañana miércoles a la madrugada del jueves se podrá observar a simple vista desde cualquier punto en la isla la...

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Violence and insecurity threaten Mexican telescopes

Source: Science MagazineTwo astronomical observatories in Mexico have scaled back access and operations because of security threats, Mexico’s National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics...

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Argentina/China companies link up to launch satellites for an Earth-observation constellation

Source: MercoSurAn international space venture called Satellogic says it will have 90 satellites launched by a Chinese company to create an Earth-observing constellation. The first launch by the China...

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Observatorio de Arecibo encuentra extraño asteroide

Fuente: NoticelUtilizando el radiotelescopio con capacidad de transmitir más poderoso del planeta, así como otros dos radares, científicos realizaron estudios de un curioso asteroide que resultó ser...

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Chinese space station remains dumps into the South Pacific

Source: MercoPressChina's Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said. The craft re-entered...

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Those weird radio waves that were puzzling astronomers have a new explanation

Source: The VergeLast week, astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico announced they had picked up some strange radio signals coming from a small red dwarf star, and they couldn’t quite...

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Cuts imperil Brazil’s stake in astronomy observatories

Source: Science MagazineSÃO PAULO, BRAZIL—Strapped for cash after 3 years of austerity budgets, Brazilian scientists are bracing for an even harsher year ahead. The federal government is planning to...

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