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  The next general meeting of DAAC will be held at Rock Springs Nature Center on Thrusday, August 7th...   The next observing session will be on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at Friends Creek Conservation Area, meet at dusk for setup...

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Cosmic Baby Boom Baffles Astronomers

Our galaxy cranks out about 10 new stars per year. Now astronomers have found one near the beginning of time that's generating a whopping 4,000 a year. At that rate, the galaxy needs only 50 million years to grow into one equivalent to the most massive ever observed.  In the so-called Hierarchical Model of galaxy formation, galaxies are supposed to slowly bulk up their stars over time by absorbing tiny pieces of galaxies, rather than in one big burst.       ( Full Story)

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