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8:36pm, 7th February, 2019

Rapid-response telescope team shares greatest hits from ZTF sky scanner

This composite image of the Andromeda galaxy was made by combining images from the Zwicky Transient Facility in three bands of visible light. The image covers 2.9 square degrees, which is one-sixteenth of ZTF’s full field of view. (ZTF Photo / D. Gol...

Chandra X-ray telescope is back at work: Engineers trace glitch to 3 seconds of error

9:48pm, 15th October, 2018

Space

Chandra X-ray telescope is back at work: Engineers trace glitch to 3 seconds of error

An artist’s conception shows the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. (NASA / CXC / SAO Illustration) NASA’s 19-year-old Chandra X-ray Observatory has been returned to its normal pointing mode after a data glitch forced a five-day outage, NASA said today. The...

Chandra X-ray telescope experiences a glitch; Hubble troubleshooting continues

2:20pm, 13th October, 2018

Space

Chandra X-ray telescope experiences a glitch; Hubble troubleshooting continues

An artist’s conception shows the Chandra X-ray Observatory. (NASA / CXC / SAO Illustration) Even as experts worked on ways to get the Hubble Space Telescope back doing science, another one of NASA’s Great Observatories in space — the — went into safe...

1:42pm, 8th October, 2018

Space

Hubble Space Telescope goes into safe mode due to failed gyro; Plan B pending

The Hubble Space Telescope gets its final close-up after a shuttle servicing mission in 2009. (NASA Photo) The 28-year-old Hubble Space Telescope is temporarily out of service, due to the failure of one of its gyroscopic pointing devices, but scienti...

1:23pm, 3rd October, 2018

Space

Hubble Space Telescope boosts evidence for first exomoon seen circling alien planet

An artist’s impression shows the Jupiter-sized exoplanet Kepler-1625b transiting its parent star with the Neptune-sized candidate exomoon in tow. (Dan Durda Illustration) With a lot of help from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers now feel confid...

5:08pm, 5th September, 2018

Space

Experts urge NASA to build huge new space telescope to look at alien Earths

An artist’s conception shows a planet-hunting space telescope accompanied by an umbrella-like starshade that blocks the glare of the planet’s parent star. (NASA / JPL Illustration) NASA should add a large, technologically advanced space telescope to...

After review, NASA resets Webb Telescope launch for 2021 with $9.66B price tag

4:13pm, 27th June, 2018

Space

After review, NASA resets Webb Telescope launch for 2021 with $9.66B price tag

The mirror for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope rises from a shop floor at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center during assembly. (NASA Photo) NASA says the launch of its flagship James Webb Space Telescope is being rescheduled for no earlier than 2021...

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Rapid-response telescope team shares greatest hits from ZTF sky scanner

Chandra X-ray telescope is back at work: Engineers trace glitch to 3 seconds of error

Chandra X-ray telescope experiences a glitch; Hubble troubleshooting continues

Hubble Space Telescope goes into safe mode due to failed gyro; Plan B pending

Hubble Space Telescope boosts evidence for first exomoon seen circling alien planet

Experts urge NASA to build huge new space telescope to look at alien Earths

After review, NASA resets Webb Telescope launch for 2021 with $9.66B price tag

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