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Space Astronomy Archive and Distant Supernova Are 'Named' in Honour Of U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski

One of the world's largest astronomy archives, containing a treasure trove of information about myriad stars, planets, and galaxies, has been named in honour of the United States Senator from Maryland, Barbara Mikulski
Called MAST, for the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes, the huge database contains astronomical observations from 16 NASA space astronomy missions, including the Hubble Space Telescope. The archive is located at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md.
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