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NEWS: 01/10/08: NEW HYDROGEN CLOUDS IN THE M81 GROUP OF GALAXIES A composite radio-optical image shows five new clouds of hydrogen gas discovered using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT). Click Here 08/09/07: BRIGHT GALAXIES HIDDEN IN DISTANT UNIVERSE UNVEILDED, UMASS ASTRONOMERS REPORT Amherst, Mass. - A By combining the capabilities of several telescopes, teams of scientists, including University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomers, have spotted extremely bright galaxies hiding in the distant, young universe. They are the most luminous and prolific galaxies seen at that great distance, churning out stars at a rate 1,000 times greater than that of the Milky Way. Click Here 06/27/07: BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAKE TENURE DECISION Daniela Calzetti, Associate Professor in Astronomy was awarded tenure along with 14 other faculty members. Click Here 11/24/06: SCIENTISTS FLICK SWITCH OF GIANT TELESCOPE MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Scientists turned on a massive telescope built on one of Mexico's tallest mountains on Wednesday, hoping to get a glimpse of the beginning of the universe. With a base like a launching pad and an antenna the size of a big Ferris wheel, the Large Millimeter Telescope or LMT, will be used to pick up electromagnetic radiation known as millimeter waves emitted 13 billion years ago, when the first stars burst into existence, astrophysicists say. Click Here 11/15/06: UMASS AMHERST ASTRONOMER CREATES MAP THAT REVEALS RELATIVISTIC PINBALL MACHINE AMHERST, Mass. - New clues about the origins of cosmic rays, mysterious high-energy particles that bombard the Earth, have been revealed using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. An extraordinarily detailed image of the remains of an exploded star provides crucial insight into the generation of cosmic rays. Click Here 11/15/06: CHANDRA DISCOVERS RELATIVISTIC PINBALL MACHINE Click Here 7/24/06: UMASS AMHERST ASTRONOMER'S IMAGE REVEALS A ROUGH AND CROWDED GALACTIC NEIGHBORHOOD AMHERST, Mass. - The center of the Milky Way is a crowded neighborhood and not always a calm one, according to the latest image obtained by University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomer Daniel Wang using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. In addition to the super massive black hole at the center, the area is filled with all sorts of inhabitants that affect and influence one another. Click Here 7/19/06: - ARCHES, QUINTUPLET, AND GC STAR CLUSTERS: ROUGH AND CROWDED NEIGHBORHOOD AT GALACTIC CENTER Click Here More News|