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Money Woes Cloud Future of Workhorse U.S. Telescopes
- Virtual Journal - Volume 11, Issue 51 - article #20
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume: 342, Issue: 6165
Death of a Star
- Virtual Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1 - article #12
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume: 339, Issue: 6115
Creative Deal Gives NASA Telescope New Lease on Life
- Virtual Journal - Volume 10, Issue 22 - article #44
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume: 336, Issue: 6085
How Do Stars Explode?
- Virtual Journal - Volume 10, Issue 22 - article #45
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume: 336, Issue: 6085
Will Tight Budgets Sink NASA Flagships?
- Virtual Journal - Volume 9, Issue 45 - article #31
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume: 334, Issue: 6057
Webb Telescope Pulled Back From the Brink—For Now
- Virtual Journal - Volume 9, Issue 38 - article #55
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume: 333, Issue: 6050
Milky Way Researchers' Home Away From Home
- Virtual Journal - Volume 9, Issue 27 - article #29
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume: 333, Issue: 6039
Astronomy
New Type of Cosmic Dust Tells of Galaxy's Violent History
- Virtual Journal - Volume 8, Issue 39 - article #39
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 329, Issue: 5999
- On page 1622 of this week's issue of Science, researchers report that the cores of many of the clouds of dust and gas in which new stars and planets form are swarming with dust grains 10 times as large as those previously detected. These grains scatter starlight to produce a so-called coreshine effect, which the researchers say could be used to probe the age and history of interstellar clouds. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
Astrophysics
An Unsettled Debate About the Chemistry of the Sun
- Virtual Journal - Volume 8, Issue 36 - article #48
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 329, Issue: 5996
- Researchers thought they knew the sun very well. Now, they are squabbling over the abundance of different elements in it. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
Astronomy
U.S. Astronomers Unveil Stripped-Down ‘Short List’
- Virtual Journal - Volume 8, Issue 34 - article #8
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 329, Issue: 5994
- Unlike previous decadal surveys of funding priorities in astronomy and astrophysics, which often produced unrealistically long "wish lists" of priorities, the sixth decadal survey released last week claims to have made some hard choices that hew to the realities of a tough budgetary climate. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
U.S. Astronomy
Arecibo to Stay Open Under New NSF Funding Plan
- Virtual Journal - Volume 8, Issue 25 - article #19
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 328, Issue: 5985
- The National Science Foundation has decided to keep the Arecibo Observatory going until at least 2016 with help from the foundation's geosciences directorate and from NASA. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
Astronomy
Unwinding the Milky Way
- Virtual Journal - Volume 8, Issue 10 - article #29
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 327, Issue: 5970
- For a generation, researchers have sought clues to our galaxy's origins in the rare stars whose compositions most closely approach the purity of the primeval universe. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
Astrophysics
Galactic Glare Reveals Birthplace of Cosmic Rays
- Virtual Journal - Volume 7, Issue 47 - article #34
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 326, Issue: 5956
- Two new astronomical results—one in this week's issue of Science and the other published online this month in Nature—suggest that cosmic rays acquire their tremendous velocities from exploding stars. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
Astronomy
Race for the Heavens
- Virtual Journal - Volume 7, Issue 43 - article #28
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 326, Issue: 5952
- Two very different telescope projects are jostling to give the United States its biggest-ever eye on the sky. Can the country afford both? Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »| Podcast Interview »|
Astronomy
The Colossus of Europe
- Virtual Journal - Volume 7, Issue 43 - article #29
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 326, Issue: 5952
- The European Extremely Large Telescope will outsize the U.S. entries in its class, the Thirty Meter Telescope and the Giant Magellan Telescope, by a fair margin, with a primary mirror 42 meters in diameter. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
Astronomy
Scrambling to Read the Meaning Of the Sky's Most Ancient Flare
- Virtual Journal - Volume 7, Issue 38 - article #27
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 325, Issue: 5947
- This spring, a seemingly routine gamma ray burst triggered a worldwide race to catch a glimpse of the early universe. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
Astronomy
Shuttle Crew Set to Prepare Hubble For a Star-Studded Grand Finale
- Virtual Journal - Volume 7, Issue 19 - article #28
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee<br /&gt,
- Science - Volume: 324, Issue: 5928
- New instruments and crucial repairs will make the Hubble Space Telescope's last years an astronomical feast, if a NASA mission this month goes as planned. Summary »| Full Text »| PDF »|
U.S. GRADUATE EDUCATION: Foreign Enrollment Rebounds After 3-Year Slump
- Virtual Journal - Volume 4, Issue 37 - article #35
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume 313, Issue 5793 - 15 September 2006: 1559.
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ASTRONOMY: Nearby Cluster Shows Extremes of Stardom
- Virtual Journal - Volume 4, Issue 33 - article #29
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
- Science - Volume 313, Issue 5789 - 18 August 2006: 903.
- Summary, Full Text, PDF,

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