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3D structure of iconic Ring Nebula gives 'a brand new view of an old astronomical friend'
In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the ...
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NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds
Lee Feinberg, HWO's principal architect based at Goddard, said in a separate presentation that NASA is currently envisioning ...
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OTD In Space – January 18: Gemini South Observatory Dedicated
On January 18, 2002, the National Science Foundation formally opened the Gemini South telescope in Chile. This became the ...
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Saturn's Moon Titan Captured By The James Webb Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
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Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams completed a six-hour spacewalk to repair and upgrade equipment outside the ...
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Rubin Observatory aces 1st image tests, gets ready to use world's largest digital camera
That camera, called LSSTCam (the telescope was originally called the Large Scale Synoptic Telescope), has 21 times the field of view of the ComCam and is a whopping 3,200-megapixel imager. Scientists ...
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World’s largest telescope faces risk from renewable energy project, warn scientists
Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...
NASA Solar Observatory sees coronal loops flicker before big flares
For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can ...
Solar Flares: NASA Reveals Early Warning Sign of 'Dangerous Space Weather'
"Some of the extreme ultraviolet light above active regions flickers erratically for a few hours before a solar flare," ...
Towering task: Astronomy buffs fight to save shuttered observatory near Pontiac
The long-closed, 1920s-era observatory in Lake Angelus is important to astronomy buffs. But its private ownership has ...
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World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to ...