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| NASA Set to Launch New Space Telescope |
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 The U.S. space agency NASA is about to launch another space telescope that it says will open a new window to the universe. Unlike the observatories currently in orbit, this one will scour the heavens for infrared radiation to examine parts of the cosmos previously out of view. NASA says its Space Infrared Telescope Facility promises to open our eyes to celestial objects too far away, too cold or too dust-covered to be seen in any other way. The chief of the program, Lia La Pianasays she has high hopes for the new observatory, known by its acronym, SIRTF. "I believe SIRTF will significantly increase our understanding of the universe and will probably rewrite the astronomy textbooks," she said, "just like the Hubble Space Telescope did." SIRTF will look at the universe in a way Hubble and another orbiting telescope, the Chandra Observatory, cannot. It has the world's most powerful infrared cameras, allowing it to detect the long wavelengths of light below the visible light spectrum from distances the others cannot. http://www.voanews.com |
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