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November ’24 Focal Plane – Discovering the Stars

Nov 12, 2024 | Focal Plane

For millennia, humanity has looked up at countless tiny points of light in our night sky – and wondered.  What are the stars, and how did they get there? How far away are they, how big are they, why do they shine? In the last few centuries, astronomers have learned a...

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