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Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...
On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space on April 24, 1990, ushering an array of scientific discoveries for the past 35 years.
The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...
The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...
Our latest Humanist Society talk explored the latest round of understanding the universe through space observations. Humanist Society President Judy Flattery reviewed why this relates to Humanism: ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...
Rocket Lab’s technology also plays a significant role in the growing commercial satellite market, including powering the ...
Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.
The planet, recently renamed BD+05 4868 Ab, is losing its outer layer piece by piece, with a comet-like trail of dust left ...
In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...