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Page: Ground-based optical image of the Andromeda Galaxy (aka Messier
31). The Andromeda Galaxy is a large spiral galaxy - similar to
our own galaxy, the Milky Way - and a close neighbor at a distance
of about 2 million light-years. Courtesy of T.A. Rector and B.A.Wolpa
(National Optical Astronomy Observatory/Association of Universities
for Research in Astronomy/National Science Foundation).
The
Telescope As A Time Machine: Courtesy of the MAXIMA Collaboration.
The
Quest To Boraden Our Cosmic View: Radio image courtesy of T.M. Dame,
Dap Hartmann, and P.Thaddeus (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).
Infrared, x-ray, and gamma-ray images courtesy of NASA and provided
by the Astrophysics Data Facility. Optical image courtesy of A.Mellinger
(University of Potsdam).
The
First Sources Of Light In The Universe: Courtesy of the Space Telescope
Science Institute.
The
Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST): Courtesy of J. Lawrence
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center).
How
Galaxies Took Shape: Courtesy of NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team
(Space Telescope Science Institute).
The
Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT): Courtesy of the New Initiatives
Office at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.
Violent
Events In The Cosmos:Optical image courtesy of P. Scowen and J.
Hester (Arizona State University) and Mt. Palomar Observatories.
X-ray image courtesy of NASA, the Chandra X-ray Observatory Center,
and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
New
Instruments For X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy: Constellation-X illustration
courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. G292.0+1.8 image courtesy
of NASA, the Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, and J. Hughes et
al. (Rutgers University).
What
Happens At The Heart Of A Galaxy: Courtesy of NASA and E.Schreier
(Space Telescope Science Institute).
Radio
Waves Can Probe The Centers Of Violent Galaxies: Both images courtesy
of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
The
Orgins of Stars and Planets: Courtesy of P. Scowen and J. Hester
(Arizona State University) and NASA.
The
Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP): Courtesy of Doug
Johnstone (National Research Council of Canada), John Bally (University
of Colorado), and NASA.
Surveying
the Universe With Increased Accuracy: Courtesy of NASA, the Space
Telescope Science Institute, and the High-Z SN Search Team.
The
Large-Aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST): Asteroid image
courtesy of NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, and the National Space Science Data Center. Gravitational
lens image courtesy of W.N. Colley and E. Turner (Princeton University),
J. Anthony Tyson (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), and NASA.
Gravitational
Radiation A New Way To See The Cosmos: Scientific calculation by
M. Miller, W.-M. Suen, and M. Tobias (Washington University); visualization
by Werner Benger (Albert-Einstein- Institut/Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum
fuer Informationstechnik).
The
Laser Interfermoter Space Antenna (LISA): Courtesy of W. Folkner
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory,California Institute of Technology).
Solar
Astrophysics: Courtesy of the SOHO/EIT Consortium. The Solar and
Heliospheric Observatory is an international project conducted by
the European Space Agency and NASA.
Observing
the Sun with Three New Instruments: Courtesy of the SOHO/EIT Consortium.
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory is an international project
conducted by the European Space Agency and NASA.
The
Quest To Find Other Earths: Courtesy of NASA and the Hubble Heritage
Team (Space Telescope Science Institute).
The
Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF): Courtesy of the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
High-Priority
Projects In Astronomy and Astrophysics: Courtesy of NASA and the
Hubble Heritage Team (Space Telescope Science Institute).
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