Sep 30 1991

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According to the Washington Post, new findings of astronomers tended to indicate that the universe was both smaller and younger than previously thought. The result, if the Hubble Space Telescope should be able to provide accurate readings on the matter, might prove that the calculations of the Hubble constant (regarding the age and size of the universe) needed to be revised. (W Post, Sep 30/91)

NASA announced that the Soft X-ray Telescope, one of four instruments on the Japanese Solar-A spacecraft launched August 30, 1991, took its first soft x-ray image of the sun. (NASA Editor's Note N91-68)

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