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Improvements in technology will lead improve radio telescope arrays by leaps and bounds, and make possible future telescopes that could lead to amazing discoveries.



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William Herschel and Galileo Galilei both enjoyed the triumph of discovering new bodies in our solar system, but the names they wanted didn't stick. Learn how planets, asteroids, and moons get their names today.




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