Gaia space telescope rocks the science of asteroids
The European Gaia space mission has produced an unprecedented amount of new, improved, and detailed data for almost two billion ...
Tag: Telescope
NASA telescope to help untangle galaxy growth, dark matter makeup
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study wispy streams of stars that extend far beyond the apparent edges of ...
NASA’s Webb telescope: Engineered to endure micrometeoroid impacts
Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable aspect of operating any spacecraft, which routinely sustain many impacts over the course of long ...
Gemini north telescope helps explain why Uranus and Neptune are different colors
Astronomers may now understand why the similar planets Uranus and Neptune are different colors. Using observations from the Gemini North ...
Webb Telescope nearly set to explore the solar system
As NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on ...
Researchers use galaxy as a ‘cosmic telescope’ to study heart of the young universe
A unique new instrument, coupled with a powerful telescope and a little help from nature, has given researchers the ability ...
Webb telescope MIRI’s sharper view hints at new possibilities for science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is aligned across all four of its science instruments, as seen in a previous engineering image showing ...
Gravity telescope to image exoplanets
In the time since the first exoplanet was discovered in 1992, astronomers have detected more than 5,000 planets orbiting other ...
NASA’s Webb telescope in full focus, ready for instrument commissioning
Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be ...
ESO telescope captures surprising changes in Neptune’s temperatures
An international team of astronomers have used ground-based telescopes, including the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), to ...
CHIME to construct outrigger telescope to search for FRBs at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory
March 30, 2022, Mountain View, CA – The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is expanding its ability to more accurately ...
NASA’s NICER telescope sees hot spots merge on a magnetar
For the first time, NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) has observed the merging of multimillion-degree X-ray spots on ...
Giant Magellan Telescope Awards IDOM final design of its telescope enclosure
PASADENA, CA — The Giant Magellan Telescope today announced they have awarded IDOM, a renowned engineering and architecture firm based ...
‘Tatooine-like’ exoplanet spotted by ground-based telescope
A rare exoplanet which orbits around two stars at once has been detected using a ground-based telescope by a team ...
SETI Institute teams up to help students design science program for sky-monitoring telescope based on the moon
January 18, 2022, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute teamed up with Louisiana State University (LSU) and Mississippi State ...
Sunshield successfully deploys on NASA’s next flagship telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield, a key milestone in preparing it for ...
NAU scientists and students will utilize newly launched James Webb Space Telescope for solar system research
In one of the most exciting developments in astronomy in the 21st century, NASA is launching the James Webb Space ...
Space telescope ushers in new age of astronomy
A "game changing" new telescope will be blasted into space tonight to embark on a lonely 1.5-million-kilometre orbit around the ...
Purdue scientist helps guide the eyes of soon-to-launch Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble
The sight of the stars the first time he peered into a telescope floored Danny Milisavljevic. There, right before his ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launch date update
The James Webb Space Telescope team is working a communication issue between the observatory and the launch vehicle system. This ...
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nTIDE May 2022 COVID Update: Uncertainty about inflation tempers good news for people with disabilities
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The pair of Orcas deterring Great White Sharks – by ripping open their torsos for livers
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Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction
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Board game developed by scientists is winning plaudits for inspiring students to consider STEM careers
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Clashes of inference and perspective explain why children sometimes lose the plot in conversation
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Book gives fresh perspective on Black literature of 1930s