All in the timing
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NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer is an orbiting satellite that can observe rapid flickerings that provide insights on their underlying phenomena. It investigates sections of the electromagnetic spectrum not seen by the naked human eye.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Astronomical austerity: lean times loom for space science
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Cuts in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 1993 budget will lead to the cancellation or postponement of several projects. Space scientists are particularly aggravated by the lack of funding for the Magellan space probe.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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Three faces of Venus
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Scientists are using data from the 'Magellan' probe and computer graphics programs to create images of Venus. Three different interpretations of the surface of Venus are described and illustrated.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
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