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All news for August 23, 2006

• Wireless Network Helps Unlock Secrets of the Universe, Space.com (Aug 23, 2006)
  
  By Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer In the days of astronomers like Edwin Hubble and Alan Sandage, before computers were widespread, using observatory telescopes to study the cosmos was grueling work. Astronomers had to climb atop platforms on the sides of the giant instruments and constantly monitor the night sky to keep in focus those stars whose...