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...Nature, six astronomers reported that they had made the most precise measurement yet of an object at the galactic center within Sgr A*, which for two decades has been known to be radiating large amounts of energy. The size and shape of Sgr A*, and its energetic output, says Caltech Astronomer Kwok-yung Lo, are strong evidence that "there may be a black hole in the center of our galaxy" devouring matter at a rapid rate...
...extraordinary newcomer will join that celestial company. The California Institute of Technology, working with the University of California, will build the world's biggest optical telescope on the volcano's crest; construction could begin as early as 1986. The mammoth instrument, made possible by a $70 million grant to Caltech by the W.M. Keck Foundation, will have an innovative mirror system nearly 400 in. in diameter, which is twice the width and has four times the light-gathering capacity of today's reigning optical telescope, the 200-in. Hale device at Mount Palomar, Calif. When astronomers begin using...
...lighter support than a conventional one, the Keck telescope will weigh only 158 tons, a third the weight of the Hale instrument. Yet it will be able to perform miracles like taking infrared photographs that are 50 to 100 times sharper than any ever before made on earth. Says Caltech Astronomer Maarten Schmidt, famed for his discovery that quasars are the most distant and energetic objects ever observed: "In all aspects, a big telescope can do things better and faster than a small telescope...
Universities such as MIT, CalTech and Stanford-which receive large chuncks of Department of Defense (DOD) funds-have thus far dominated the debate which has focused on research with possible national security implications. But Shattuck said last week that "Harvard is uniquely suited to raise the issue precisely because we have fewer Defense Department dollars than other universities...
Lindstrom says he anticipates Caltech will turn down increasing numbers of federal grants and contract in the future, with the imposition of stiffer pre-publication review requirements...