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Cnn.com: NASA launches last of the 'Great Observatories'

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Thu, 08/28/2003 - 2:00am

When launched, the new infrared telescope will be capable of seeing extremely cold objects, like unborn comets in the Kuiper Belt. It will also see through dust clouds, such as those shrouding the core of our own galaxy. Read the full story.