Telescope mirror nearly ready
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A giant mirror that will fly on the US space agency's next space telescope is a step closer to completion.
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AN 80-foot model of a space telescope is to be on display at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham for the next two months.
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CLOUDCROFT, N.M. - An observatory being refurbished near Cloudcroft is getting a new mission - providing telescope time for budding astronomers around the world.
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When Martin Tomasko, a UA astronomer, started designing the instrument that will serve as the eyes of the Huygens probe, he first fashioned a weighted block of metal to be used in a practice flight.
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GREENBELT, Md., Jan. 29  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA engineers are examining a problem related to the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the agency's Hubble Space Telescope.  On Jan. 27, the observatory entered a protective "safemode" condition at 7:34 a.m. EST.
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New and relatively cheap telescope technology is putting the universe into incredibly sharp focus. Is the Hubble being rendered obsolete?
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New component contains the blue and red lasers required for support of the two disc formats as well as the associated lenses and optical receivers. Commercial production possible by end of next year.
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The big, bulky tube television is ready to get a leaner look--and to challenge flat panels at their own game. Meanwhile, TV tuners are headed to new PCs.
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Image: The two sides of the planet Uranus, as viewed in this composite image, by the Keck II Telescope at near infrared wavelengths.
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Perched on the top of one of Mexico's highest mountains is a gigantic, half-built telescope that scientists hope will reveal more secrets of the universe's early years than any before it.
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes began spying on the universe on Friday, using its 34-foot wide mirror to search for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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Telescopes aboard the Hinode satellite have been returning some of their first results.
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Utah State University has secured a &#36;40 million contract with NASA to build an orbiting telescope that will examine galaxies and try to find new stars.
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Astronomers believe they've glimpsed light from some of the universe's first stars through the world's largest telescope on the Big Island.
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A telescope arms race is taking shape around the world. Astronomers are drawing up plans for the biggest, most powerful instruments ever constructed, capable of peering far deeper into the universe Â and further back in time Â than ever before.
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PHOENIX -- A troubled, 20-year journey to create the world&#39;s most powerful optical telescope is nearing an end, with astronomers hoping to begin using the instrument to look for heavenly breakthroughs early next year.
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The Huygens probe is on target and all set for its encounter with Titan, the mysterious large moon of Saturn. The 2.7m-wide robot lab has passed its final systems check-out and scientists