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Word: supersharp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...taking supersharp pictures of space, the go-to telescope is the Hubble, in orbit above the earth. But astronomers can't just use the space telescope whenever they feel like it; they have to bid for time on the badly oversubscribed instrument. After about 2010, when the aging Hubble starts to fail, astronomers won't be able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Souped-Up Telescope | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

Will adaptive optics make space telescopes obsolete? Not entirely. Space is still the best place to take supersharp pictures in ordinary light. And some radiation--ultraviolet, for example, and some wavelengths of infrared--can't penetrate the atmosphere at all. Moreover, telescopes radiate infrared light of their own, which contaminates celestial images. That's why NASA's plan to launch a Next Generation Space Telescope by 2009 still makes sense. With an 8-m mirror of its own, NGST will be able to see distant galaxies, for example, that no earthly telescope could ever see through the glare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond Hubble | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

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