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NASA awarded an Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal posthumously to American astronomer and astrophysicist John Bahcall, who worked on the development of the Hubble Space Telescope. Michael Griffin, NASA administrator, presented the medal to Bahcall's widow, Neta Bahcall, at the 207th meeting of the American Astronomical Society yesterday in Washington. Bahcall, who died in August, was also honored for his service with NASA's space astronomy program and leadership of the National Research Council's Decadal Survey. He performed groundbreaking work in the 1960s toward explaining the...Read full article

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    Published: January 2006
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    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
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