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Science Highlights The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2011 was awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, and Adam Riess for their discovery of the acceleration of the Universe. Facilities at NOAO and members of the NOAO sta
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Kyocera / Minor Planet Bulletin / /

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France / Canada / /

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Palomar Transient Factory / NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility / University of Alaska Anchorage / McDonald Observatory / University of California at Berkeley / Gemini Observatory / University of Helsinki / University of Hawai’i / University of Texas Austin / Australian National University / Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory / University of Arizona Press / University of Toronto / University of Maryland / Keck Observatory / University of Tennessee Knoxville / University of Michigan / National Optical Astronomy Observatory / University of California / Solar Dynamics Observatory / /

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metal-rich population / imaging / energy / metal / luminous metal-poor giants / wide-field imaging capability / chemical composition / dark energy / mysterious dark energy / gas spirals / chemical / chemical heterogeneity / metal-poor / /

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Mauna Kea / /

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University of California / Carnegie Institution of Washington / National Science Foundation / University of Maryland / Harvard / University of Michigan / University of Alaska / Universidad de Chile / African Union / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / University of Helsinki / University of Arizona Press / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / University of Tennessee Knoxville / Smithsonian / Australian National University / University of Toronto / University of Texas / University of Hawai’i / /

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Dianne Harmer / Shelley Wright / Chung-Pei Ma / Tony Matulonis / Scott Sheppard / Chad Trujillo / Mario Hamuy / Tom Matheson / Chandra Discovery / Mark Willman / Rachel Mason / Adam Riess / Jose Maza / Gemini / Saul Perlmutter / Nicholas Moskovitz / Nicholas McConnell / Andrea Dupree / Mark Phillips / David Summers / Brian Schmidt / Jean Mueller / Doug Richstone / Lucas Furhman / Lucy Lim / Chris Smith / Karl Gebhardt / Kevin Rykoski / Jeremy Murphy / Mikael Granvik / Joshua Emery / John Rayner / Michael Koss / James Graham / Nicholas Suntzeff / Tod R. Lauer / Marie LemoineBusserolle / /

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Director / Major / /

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Texas / Alaska / Maryland / Michigan / Utah / California / /

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WIYN 3.5-m / WIYN / /

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X-ray / ESA / spectroscopy / /

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www.darkenergysurvey.org / www.ctio.noao.edu/essence / www.cosmology / /

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