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An Accurate Speedometer For Astronomy Sunday, September 14, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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Events on a cosmic scale are often barely discernable on Earth. This explains why astronomers are currently not able to prove directly that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate, nor can they search for planets that are roughly the same size as Earth and revolve around a sun-like star. An international team of researchers working with staff at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics has now tested a measurement method that will allow such measurements to be carried out. (source: mpg.de)
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