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Appendix: Acronyms
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... Appendix Acronyms AANM Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium ACS Advanced Camera for Surveys ARISE Advanced Radio Interferometry between Space and Earth CGRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory CHIPS Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer CMB Cosmic microwave background COBE Cosmic Background Explorer Con-X Constellation-X-ray Observatory COS Cosmic Origins Spectrograph CPU Committee on the Physics of the Universe DOE U.S. Department of Energy ESA European Space Agency EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer EXIST Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope FBC Faster, better, cheaper FUSE Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer GLAST Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GRB Gamma-ray burst HETE-2 High Energy Transient Explorer mission HST Hubble Space Telescope 
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... STIS Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph SWAS Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite Swift Multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma-ray burst science TPF Terrestrial Planet Finder WISE Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WFC3 Wide Field Camera 3 (HST) WMAP Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe XTE X-ray Timing Explorer
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