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19 August 2013

Towards a galaxy of citizen researchers

Citizen science is helping out where specialist researchers can't cope with the flood of data – and where computers can't match the human brain.

environment | space

13 August 2013

Dawn breaks in Antarctica

Scientists at Concordia, Europe’s only permanent research station on continental Antarctica, saw their first dawn on Saturday after three months of continuous night.

The large spiral galaxy NGC 1232 as seen though the Very Large Telescope. © ESO

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25 June 2013

Happy birthday VLT

The European Very Large Telescope (VLT), one of the most powerful and productive ground-based astronomical facilities in existence, has just turned 15 years old.

It is a technological breakthrough. The two satellites of the Proba-3 mission are expected to maintain their respective positions with a precision of one millimetre. This system of satellites flying in formation and forming an artificial eclipse will act as a giant coronagraph, able to study the Sun’s corona with unprecedented precision. © ESA

space

21 June 2013

Millimetric precision for flying satellites

European scientists are preparing to notch up a world first in satellite formation flying. Two spacecraft will soon be flying side-by-side with extreme precision.

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