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New Herschel Telescope Scans Hidden Milky Way »
Posted by: Mikunited 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A remarkable view of our Galaxy in the early stages of creating stars is obtained by Europe's billion-euro Herschel Space Observatory.
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Palles--An Asteroid That Was Nearly A Planet »
Posted by: Mikunited 1 month, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Hubble provides new insight on 2 Pallas, the huge asteroid that never quite grew up into a full planet.
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NASA Telescope Discovers Giant Ring Around Saturn »
Posted by: Zurbin 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
NASA's Spitzer telescope discovers gigantic never-before-seen ring around Saturn.
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The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn ...Read (173) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at abcnews.go.com
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The Space Giant Is Coming »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The most distant cosmic explosion ever recorded would have made a fascinating target for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), according to scientists now building ...
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Microscopic to massive »
Posted by: Mikunited 7 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
This video depicts the relative scale of things and the Universe in factors of ten.We start with the smallest things that science knows. Each ...
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Worlds Most Daunting Parking Job »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
It must feel a little like the attendant outside a hotel who is given the keys to a supercar and is asked to go and ...
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NASA Set For Dramatic Shuttle Rescue »
Posted by: myfairlady 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
As NASA prepares for its final service call to the Hubble Space Telescope, it's also preparing for something never attempted in the history of ...
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Hubble: the last hurrah »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Telescope to receive final servicing mission.
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Infrared telescope to detect dim, dusty objects »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 5 days, 5 hours ago in Science & Technology
NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they ...
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Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2008 »
Posted by: altnrg 11 months ago in Science & Technology
Begun 25 days ago, unveiling one photo at a time, Boston.com's phenomenal photo blog The Big Picture's Advent calendar is finally complete ...
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NASA Unveils New Hubble Photos »
Posted by: altnrg 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
New images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope allow astronomers to glimpse celestial objects never seen before in great detail.
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Revealed: Saturn\'s secret \'doughnut\' ring ... big enough to contain one billion Earths »
Posted by: Diane_Steward 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The 'super-sized' halo was found by Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope. To get a sense of its size it has a vertical height which is ...
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Automated Telescope Network Finds Neptune-Sized World »
Posted by: altnrg 10 months ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth.
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A Telescope to the Past as Galileo Visits U.S. »
Posted by: altnrg 7 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
It looked like the kind of toy telescope a child might have made with scissors and tape — a lumpy, mottled tube about as long as ...
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Telescope glitch could delay discovery of alien Earths »
Posted by: myfairlady 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
It may take a little longer to find Earth-like planets than astronomers had hoped, due to a glitch on NASA's Kepler spacecraft. But the ...
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