Galactic building blocks found?

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Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed dim clumps of stars they believe may be the first evidence of building blocks of a new galaxy. The clusters, about 1500 light-years in width, all registered the same red shift, indicating they are close enough together to form a galaxy.

Galaxies

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How not to pick a physicist?

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Some physicists are calling for modifying or dropping the physics GRE as a factor in graduate school admission. Critics maintain the test does not accurately measure physics talent and that it discriminates against women and minority students.

Evaluation, Testing, Universities and colleges, Graduate study, Educational tests, Physicists, Educational tests and measurements, Graduate Record Examination (Test)

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Dusty roads of the cosmos lure new explorers

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Interest in cosmic dust is increasing as astronomers observe its interaction with starlight. Dust research presented at a Jan 1997 American Astronomical Society meeting in Toronto, Ontario, is discussed.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Cosmic dust, American Astronautical Society

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