‘Cosmic Beauty:’ NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will find baby pictures of our universe
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NASA will provide an update on the status of the Hubble Telescope on June 4. Should we be worried?
We’ll get an update on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope tomorrow (June 4), and it could be quite a deal. On June 3, the agency announced …
Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars roaming the Perseus cluster (images)
Using the Euclid space telescope, scientists have discovered 1.5 trillion giant orphan stars drifting through a massive cluster of thousands of galaxies, one of the …
‘The best is yet to come’
On Thursday (23 May) the European Space Agency (ESA) and its collaborators released a series of five images taken by its revolutionary Euclid space telescope. …
‘Dark Universe’ Euclid telescope team to reveal new full-colour images on May 23: How to watch live
The European Space Agency (ESA) will release five new images from the Euclid space telescope on Thursday (May 23). And, anyway, if the previous set …
Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy – I’m leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes
When distant stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough to be detected by telescopes back on Earth. …
Like the 90s, binary stars are back in style
Some 90s trends are making a welcome comeback; others, no one needs to see again. Unlike frosted tips, baggy Tie-Dye shirts, landline phones and pockets, …
NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope operations
NASA has officially stopped scientific observations made by its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Don’t worry though. The space telescope, which observes some of the most …
The James Webb Space Telescope’s targets for next year include black holes, exomoons, dark energy – and more.
The Space Telescope Science Institute has announced which astronomical proposals have been selected to spend time with the James Webb Space Telescope over the next …
James Webb Space Telescope sees galaxy’s infrared skeleton (image)
The infrared vision of the James Webb Space Telescope has transformed our view of a large barred spiral galaxy, revealing its dusty skeleton illuminated by …