All posts tagged "Telescope"

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World’s largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world’s most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by light pollution due...
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Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope
Two roads diverge between a pair of quasars, and I’m sorry I can’t travel both — actually, wait, I can travel both....
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Major telescope makers hit by class action lawsuit over alleged price fixing
Skywatchers who purchased telescopes from leading suppliers may be entitled to a payment from a $32 million class action settlement. The settlement...
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance, January 17 – 26 – Sky & Telescope
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 ■ Here it is the coldest very bottom of the year (on average). But the Summer Star, Vega, is...
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James Webb Space Telescope watches planet-forming dust shells zooming through space
Life as we know it is based on carbon chemistry, and now the James Webb Space Telescope may have shown where much...
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Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap
The spaces between stars in our galaxy are enigmatic realms filled with vast, diffuse clouds of gas and dust. These clouds tend...
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NASA wants a ‘Super-Hubble’ space telescope to search for life on alien worlds
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — When a boy named Elliott found an alien in the classic 1982 film “E.T.” it offered easy answer...
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Webb Telescope Watches Rippling Dust Shells – Sky & Telescope
Comparison of two mid-infrared images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. At center is Wolf-Rayet 140, two massive stars in elongated...
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Are James Webb Space Telescope images really that colorful?
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is known for looking deep into the universe with an unprecedented level precision and sensitivity. But its...
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Telescope vs monocular: Which should I buy?
Ask an astronomer what the best monocular is for astronomy, and they will give you the same answer: One of the best...
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Saturn disappears behind the moon in stunning telescope photo
A stunning new photo captures the moon and Saturn engaged in a cosmic game of peek-a-boo. On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid...
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Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent ‘pale blue dot’ (image)
The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation, about 650 million light-years...
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Watch 2 NASA astronauts repair X-ray telescope on ISS during a spacewalk today
Two NASA astronauts will perform the year’s first spacewalk today (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live. Nick Hague and...
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New Mercury Images from BepiColombo’s Flyby – Sky & Telescope
Shots from BepiColombo’s recent Mercury flyby. ESA / BepiColombo / MTM This is a year for flybys, and the very first one...
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance, January 10 – 19 – Sky & Telescope
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 ■ This evening the Moon shines in line with Jupiter and Aldebaran, as shown below. How exactly in line?...
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See January’s “Planet Parade,” plus Comet ATLAS Now Visible in Daylight – Sky & Telescope
This montage of Hubble imagery shows the four bright planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus — and the two fainter ones,...

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