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Stars may shine again at observatory

Dust particles are illuminated by sunlight as UMass-Boston professor Bala Sundaram closes the school observatory's dome. Dust particles are illuminated by sunlight as UMass-Boston professor Bala Sundaram closes the school observatory's dome. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
By Meghan E. Irons
Globe Staff / September 14, 2008

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A burst of dust fills the air inside the Arthur W. Martin Observatory at the University of Massachusetts at Boston as physics professor Bala Sundaram lifts the door of the structure's super-sized dome. (Full article: 749 words)

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