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Eye on the heavens

New Zealand’s place in the global astronomy family has become further established with a multi-million dollar contract to produce precision optical components for Australia’s largest telescope, the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) at the Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales.

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NZ astronomers help discover new solar system

New Zealand astronomers have found a new solar system - a scaled-down version of our own - among distant stars in the Milky Way.

A total of 69 scientists in 11 countries provided data and contributed to the discovery, including Paul Tristram at Canterbury's Mt John Observatory...

NZ astronomers help discover new solar system
Source: NZ Herald