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NASA to Launch Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Telescope

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The launch of an infrared telescope into Earth's orbit is expected to reveal a better map of the universe.The 800-pound telescope was built by Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory.

Galileo Galileis One Giant Step a vast Leap to `Multiverse'

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Four hundred years ago, our understanding of the universe changed forever. On Aug. 25, 1609, an Italian mathematician called Galileo Galilei, demonstrated his newly constructed telescope to the merchants of Venice.

Astronomers, royalty, rock stars to inaugurate world’s largest advanced telescope

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Four hundred years after Galileo first turned his handmade telescope toward the heavens, the world’s largest, most technologically advanced telescope is set to make its formal debut.