Hubble's main camera dies a death
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Advanced camera shall survey no more Hubble's main camera, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACFS), has shut down following an electrical failure.â¦
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Earlier this year, NASA administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe nixed a final shuttle service mission to Hubble scheduled for mid-2006, saying it posed too much of a risk to the lives of astronauts.
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-- NASA's chief is urging his Hubble Space Telescope team to press ahead with plans for a robotic repair mission to the aging observatory, saying, "Let's go save the Hubble."    Administrator Sean O'Keefe says he will ask Congress for money to accomplish the job. He estimates it will take about $1 billion to $1.6 billion to develop and launch a robot to make the needed upgrades to keep the popular telescope running and to get it out of orbit once its work is through...
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By The Associated Press  Sheldon K. Friedlander, whose work in identifying the sources of particles in Southern California smog led to new ways of studying and regulating air pollution, has died.  Friedlander died Feb.
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The death of the video recorder comes a step closer as electrical chain Dixons says it will stop selling them.
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The Hubble Space Telescope has lost the ability to take the deep cosmic postcards that have inspired the public.
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By Dennis O'Brien, The Baltimore Sun  Jan. 30--A workhorse deep space camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down for the third time in less than a year, and NASA scientists say that only a fraction of its capability will be restored.
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Beyond snapping extraordinary pictures of faraway nebulas, the revolutionary Hubble Space Telescope has completely transformed our view of the universe since it was launched in 1990. By capturing the clearest, deepest images of the cosmos ever, Hubble has shed light on some long-standing mysteries perplexing scientists-while uncovering far deeper ones that have yet to be solved.
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This image taken by NASA&#39;s Hubble Space telescope, and released Thursday Aug. 12, 2004, shows nebula N44F, which, at left, is being inflated by a stellar wind, creating an interstellar bubble.
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Pretty pictures Hubble has snapped yet another stunning picture of a not-too-distant part of the galaxy. This time, the relatively nearby supernova remnant known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A) poses nicely for the camera, revealing intricate details of the remains of the star.â¦
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Astronomers 'aghast' at Northern Hemisphere blackout The UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has decided to plug a gap in its finances by withdrawing from the Gemini telescope programme, the BBC reports.â¦
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Robotic Telescope Measures Speed of Material Ejected in Cosmic DeathUsing a robotic telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory, astronomers have for the first time measured the velocity of the explosions known as gamma-ray bursts.
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NASA has a few options when it comes to the future of the Hubble Space Telescope: It could perform another maintenance mission with a risk to astronauts, build a costly robotic
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Scientists hope to build a giant âpinhole cameraâ in space to spot planets orbiting distant stars. The New Worlds Imager would be the size of a football field with a 30ft wide hole in the centre.
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End of a photographic era The Polaroid Corporation has announced it's running down its instant film business, likely marking the death knell for the technology.â¦
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The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down unexpectedly for the second time this year, the operators of the orbiting observatory announced Friday.
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Is this newly discovered feeble point of light the long-sought bona-fide image of an exoplanet? A research paper by an international team of astronomers provides sound arguments in favor, but the definitive answer is now awaiting further observations.