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...binoculars, most of the solar system's planets appear as disks, some with distinguishable surface features. But stars other than the sun are so distant that even the closest one* looks like a mere pinpoint of light through the most powerful telescopes. Now astronomers at Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory have improved the stellar image. Using their new 158-in. reflector-the world's second largest telescope-in combination with a novel, computer-enhanced photographic technique, they have produced the first pictures of a star that show some surface detail...
...fadeout from public view, Comet Kohoutek was far from a scientific disappointment. About a month after they had detected methyl cyanide molecules in the comet's head, radio astronomers atop Kitt Peak last week reported picking up the "signature" of hydrogen cyanide molecules in radio waves from Kohoutek. The discovery has dual significance. Both molecules have been found in the clouds of gases and dust in the vast reaches between the stars; thus their presence in the comet lends strong support to the theory that comets were formed from the same interstellar material out of which the solar system...
...other findings involve Europa and Ganymede, two of Jupiter's twelve moons. According to spectroscopic observations made at Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory by a team under M.I.T.'s Carl Pilcher, both bodies seem to be covered by large areas of water ice similar to earthly frost. Two other Jovian moons, Callisto and Io, also show signs of frost particles, but the evidence is slightly less certain. While the discovery of water on Jupiter's four inner moons does not necessarily mean that life forms exist on any of them, the scientists noted, it increases...
...black girl a hit in South Africa? America's Eartha Kitt, currently on tour there, is a lithe and lively success in apartheid-land. The black singer from North, S.C., is putting up with the South African law that segregates her audiences because, she says, "Communication is better than isolation. I would rather take from the affluent whites and make prices lower for nonwhites and leave part of my earnings in this country for the education of nonwhites...
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