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Acrônimos curiosos...

SMARTS: Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System

FIRST: Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty centimeters

DIRT: Dust InfraRed Toolbox

GEMS: Galaxy Evolution from Morphology and Spectral energy distributions

QUEST: QUasar Equatorial Survey Team

DEEP: Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary Probe

IDEAS: Initiative to Develop Education through Astronomy and Space science

ASPENS: Astrometric Search for Planets Encircling Nearby Stars

MOJAVE: Monitoring Of Jets in AGN with VLBA Experiments

SCUBA: Submillimeter Common User Bolometer Array

EPIC: European Photon Imaging Cameras

SAURON: Spectroscopic Areal Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae

KASCADE: KArlsruhe Shower Core and Array DEtector

LSD: Lenses Structure and Dynamics

WET: Whole Earth Telescope

ARCADE: Absolute Radiometer for Cosmic And Diffuse Emission

BEAST: Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope

GLIMPSE: Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire

CANGAROO: Collaboration of Australia and Nippon for a GAmma Ray Observatory in the Outback

EGRET: Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope

FLAMINGOS: FLoridA Multi-object Imaging Near-infrared Grism Observational Spectrometer

GNAT: Global Network of Astronomical Telescopes

OGLE: Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

BASS: Broadband Array Spectrograph System

MACHO: MAssive Compact Halo Object

GLARE: Gemini Lyman-Alpha at Reionization Era

MUSYC: MUltiwavelength Survey by Yale and Chile

DESTINY: Dark Energy Space Telescope (hey, what about INY?)

WIRE: Wide-field InfraRed Explorer

FUSE: Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

SINGS: SIRTF (now Spitzer) Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey

COMPLETE: COordinated Molecular Probe Line Extinction Thermal Emission survey

SEGUE: Sloan Extension for Galactic Underpinnings and Evolution

MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging mission

(Chupado descaradamente daqui: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/10/22/astrophysically-acronymical/)

O Brasil não podia estar ausente!

MonRAt: Monitor de Radiação Atmosférica, um projeto de experimento brasileiro com a finalidade de detectar a radiação de fluorecência produzida na passagem de raios cósmicos de altas energias pela atmosfera (Thunder, thunder, thuder cats hooo!)