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Getting Ready To Map The (Visible) Universe

Posted by timothy on from the just-our-little-neighborhood-really dept.

phanki writes "The Arecibo Observatory is gearing up to map the universe soon. This article talks about the university getting a set of new radio recievers to complete the background work for the mapping process. So very soon we may have the map for the Andromeda !"

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  1. I like crotch cheese by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and I like you too

  2. This strikes me as fairly useless by McAddress · · Score: -1, Troll

    Due to the fact that we have not managed to get a human past the moon, or a spacecraft even somewhat close to the nearest star in our galaxy, it would seem that there will be very few people taking out a map to navigate their way between the stars anytime in the relatively near future.