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Iconic telescope gains World Heritage status
VIDEO 7-7-2019 |
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The UK's Jodrell Bank Observatory has been formally recognized as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Quasar has brightness of 600 trillion suns
1-10-2019 | 3
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the brightest quasar ever detected in the early universe.
NASA's Kepler telescope is officially dead
10-31-2018 | 16
The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
Hubble in trouble as another gyroscope fails
10-8-2018 | 6
The iconic space telescope has now lost so many of its gyroscopes that it may never fully recover.
New planet-hunting telescope begins search
VIDEO 7-29-2018 | 6
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is now on the hunt for habitable extrasolar worlds.
Telescope receives upgrade, exceeds Hubble
7-18-2018 | 9
Adaptive optics technology has now made it possible for ground telescopes to take extremely sharp images.
James Webb Space Telescope sees more delays
6-29-2018 | 6
The ambitious new space telescope continues to be plagued by a never-ending string of setbacks.
Hubble Space Telescope has turned 28
4-24-2018 | 3
The world-famous telescope has been capturing images of the cosmos for the better part of three decades.
NASA to launch new planet-hunting telescope
4-13-2018 | 0
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is due to lift off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday.
Astronomers detect most distant star to date
4-3-2018 | 0
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the light from a very bright star over 9.3 billion lights years away.
James Webb Space Telescope delayed yet again
3-28-2018 | 10
The upcoming launch of the ground-breaking new space telescope has now been pushed back to 2020.
Universe is expanding faster than predicted
2-24-2018 | 4
New data from the Hubble Space Telescope has shown that the universe is expanding faster than expected.
James Webb Space Telescope completes tests
VIDEO 1-11-2018 | 6
The next generation telescope will enable us to directly study the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
James Webb Space Telescope is delayed again
9-30-2017 | 14
The launch of the giant orbital telescope has been pushed back from October 2018 to Spring 2019.
Work begins on world's largest telescope
5-27-2017 | 4
When it is completed, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will offer unprecedented views of the cosmos.
James Webb telescope to undergo testing
3-30-2017 | 5
The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is set to be placed inside a huge thermal vacuum chamber.
Could Hubble get another servicing mission ?
2-15-2017 | 4
It is looking increasingly likely that the iconic space telescope will be receiving further upgrades.
Telescope upgrade to aid hunt for alien life
1-11-2017 | 1
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile will soon be seeking out habitable worlds around Alpha Centauri.
NASA announces new X-ray space telescope
1-5-2017 | 5
A budget of $188 million has been assigned to the new mission which will be launching within three years.
Australian telescope joins the hunt for ET
11-9-2016 | 11
The Parkes radio telescope has been turned towards our nearest neighbor to listen out for signs of life.
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