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After Space Shuttle Atlantis’ drive-by repair of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in May of 2009, the end of the STS program meant that the space telescope had to fend …read more Continue reading First Hubble Image Taken in New Single Gyro Pointing Mode
When it comes to an engineering marvel like the James Webb Space Telescope, the technology involved is so specialized that there’s precious little the average person can truly relate to. …read more Continue reading How Does the James Webb Telescope Phone Home?
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is arguably the best known and most successful observatory in history, delivering unprecedented images that have tantalized the public and astronomers alike for more than 30 …read more Continue reading NASA’s Flying Telescope is Winding Down Operations
Amidst the recent news about the Hubble Space Telescope’s troubles (and triumphant resurrection), it is sometimes easy to forget that although Hubble is a pretty unique telescope, it is just …read more Continue reading More Than Just Hubble: the Space Observatories Filling The Skies Today And Tomorrow
Good news this morning from low Earth orbit, where the Hubble Space Telescope is back online after a long and worrisome month of inactivity following a glitch with the observatory’s …read more Continue reading The Fix is In: Hubble’s Troubles Appear Over for Now
The Hubble Space Telescope snapped detailed images of Messier 75, which is part of the ‘Gaia Sausage.’ Continue reading The Milky Way Ate This Star Cluster Billions of Years Ago
The gyroscopes are some of the most important instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope, but this isn’t the first time they’ve failed. Continue reading Hubble Space Telescope in ‘Sleep Mode’ After Gyro Failure
A new study suggests that the Jupiter-sized planet Kepler-1625b may host a Neptune-sized moon. Continue reading Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Known ‘Exomoon’
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most accurate data on the expansion rate of the universe since Edwin Hubble discovered the universe was expanding nearly a century ago. Continue reading How Cosmologists Determined That the Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Anyone Thought
The results of a new study are close, but slightly faster than, the generally accepted rate. Continue reading The Expansion of the Universe Appears Faster Than We Thought