Tiny planet-finding mirrors borrow from Webb Telescope playbook - R & D Magazine
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R & D Magazine | Tiny planet-finding mirrors borrow from Webb Telescope playbook R & D Magazine By Lori Keesey NASA's next flagship mission—the James Webb Space Telescope—will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This segmented behemoth will unfold to 21.3 feet in diameter once the observatory reaches its orbit in 2018. |
NASA Scientist Figures Way to Weigh Space Rock - NASA
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 Zee News | NASA Scientist Figures Way to Weigh Space Rock NASA Fortunately, the Arecibo Observatory provided a dozen years of great radar data, and we were able to see it." This radar image of asteroid 1999 RQ36 was obtained NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. on Sept 23, 1999. NASA scientist weighs space rock from millions of Scientist Guesses Asteroid's Weight, Millions Of Miles Away OSIRIS-REx scientists measure Yarkovsky effect |
Israeli Space Telescope On 'Clean Room' Ice For Years; May Never See Launch - Forbes
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Forbes | Israeli Space Telescope On 'Clean Room' Ice For Years; May Never See Launch Forbes For almost two decades now, TAUVEX, a $15 million ultraviolet (UV) space telescope, has been cooling its heels in clean rooms on two continents, waiting for a launch that never seems to come. The last time it was scheduled for launch in early 2010, ... |
Australia and South Africa to share SKA super telescope - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk | Australia and South Africa to share SKA super telescope Telegraph.co.uk ... thousands of kilometres, which can be linked together to form a single telescope measuring a million square metres. Unlike optical telescopes, which gather light through a lens, The SKA will collect radio waves which reach Earth from outer space. Members agree dual site for SKA radio telescope Australia and S Africa to share telescope site |
Herschel Space Observatory Finds Galaxy-packed Supercluster - RedOrbit
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Herschel Space Observatory Finds Galaxy-packed Supercluster RedOrbit Image Caption: The Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, will smash together in several billion ... Herschel Space Observatory study reveals galaxy-packed filament They're Excited about the Filament |
Observatory keeps track of space flight - Auckland stuff.co.nz
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Auckland stuff.co.nz | Observatory keeps track of space flight Auckland stuff.co.nz WARKWORTH TRACKING: The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket which lifted off at Cape Canaveral on Tuesday night will be tracked by AUT's Warkworth Observatory. The Warkworth radio telescope observatory is playing a big part as the first private space flight to ... Cosmic revelations Kiwi link in SpaceX rocket flight Space X Rocket Launched Into Orbit |
Astronomers find galactic 'supercluster' - UPI.com
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 French Tribune | Astronomers find galactic 'supercluster' UPI.com The Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/McGill Univ. MONTREAL, May 18 (UPI) -- Astronomers using a European space observatory say they've ... New Galaxy Found Outside Space |
NASA Loans Space Telescope to Caltech - Space.com
Saturday 26th of May 2012 10:15:51 PM
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NASA Loans Space Telescope to Caltech Space.com NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (Galex) ultraviolet space telescope to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, which intends to put the 9-year-old spacecraft back into service using private funds. |
M101: A Pinwheel in Many Colors - NASA
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NASA | M101: A Pinwheel in Many Colors NASA The red colors in the image show infrared light, as seen by the Spitzer Space Telescope. These areas show the heat emitted by dusty lanes in the galaxy, where stars are forming. The yellow component is visible light, observed by the Hubble Space ... |
Light from alien planet seen for 1st time - Fox News
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CBC.ca | Light from alien planet seen for 1st time Fox News Light from an alien "super-Earth" twice the size of our own Earth has been detected by a NASA space telescope for the first time in what astronomers are calling a historic achievement. NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope spotted light from the ... 'Super Earth' spotted with telescope for the first time NASA detects light from alien 'Super-Earth' |
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