Nasa’s mission to save a sinking space telescope

‘A lot will have to go right’ if first-of-its-kind Swift observatory rescue mission is to succeed ...
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Chile telescope could lose 28% of its view as Elon Musk eyes 1 million satellites

"Until now we have managed, but it's getting worse." ...

Inside NASA’s daring race to save a doomed space telescope

NASA's Swift Observatory is in peril. A last minute mission to save it could make spaceflight history. Here's everything to ...

Scientists warn Elon Musk’s orbital data centers could blind Earth’s biggest telescopes

The European Southern Observatory warns that rapidly growing satellite constellations could disrupt Earth's most powerful ...
New Scientist on MSN

Audacious mission to rescue NASA's falling telescope has launched

NASA’s Swift space telescope is reaching the end of its two-decade run in orbit – unless a satellite launched on 3 July can ...
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Why use huge space telescopes for astronomy when you can blast an astronaut with a Nikon into space

An image shot on a handheld Nikon during the recent Artemis II lunar mission has revealed new insights into the evolution of ...
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BRICS countries create network of telescopes to study short-duration space phenomena

Brazil is coordinating its participation through the National Astronomical Laboratory, and research centres in China and South Africa have also joined the projectJuly 8 (TV BRICS/GNA) – Brazil, China ...

Rubin Observatory launches ambitious quest to reveal universe's secrets

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun an epic decade-long mission to create "the greatest cosmic movie ever made." ...
Princeton University

Princeton collaborators celebrate start of observatory's ‘ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of our Universe’

Princeton researchers have played a major role in developing software pipelines to process the massive amounts of data the ...
KQED

This South Bay Observatory Has Been Watching the Stars for Over a Century

Just an hour east of San José, up a steep road with bursting wildflowers and crooked oak trees winding through the Diablo Range, sits one of California’s most remarkable scientific outposts. Perched 4 ...
SFGate

The Calif. observatory that changed how we think about the universe

On Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble completely changed the way we view the universe and our place in it. The discovery came from peering through what was then the world’s largest telescope, ...

Guy Who Took Photo Of Jupiter With A Game Boy Camera And Giant Telescope Publishes DIY Tutorial

The latest adventure for the kooky camera looks skyward.