Adaptive Optics Picture Gallery A collection of AO pictures, animations & web links What's New in AO • UCSC Astronomer Jerry Nelson Wins Prestigious Kavli Prize in Astrophysics • New Hubble Treasury Project to Survey First Third of Cosmic Time • Celebration of Science and Technology Centers Class of 2000 Webcast of the Event • Methane Clouds Observed Near Titan's Equator May Explain Presence of Riverbeds on the Surface • 'Dark Cells' of Living Retina Imaged for the First Time • Astronomer Franck Marchis Featured in Cosmic Diary Cornerstone Project for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 • Astronomer Sandra Faber to Receive Franklin Institute's Prestigious Bower Award more... Announcements • International Conference In the Spirit of Lyot 2010 Paris, October 25th to 29th, 2010 Direct Detection of Exoplanets and Circumstellar Disks • International Young Astronomer School on High Angular Resolution Techniques Paris, November 1-5, 2010

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