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03Nov/16

NASA completes critical test of James Webb Space Telescope

November 3, 2016SpaceAstronomy, Charles Bolden, Flagship Program, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Infrared telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, John Mather, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Outer space, Space observatories, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Technology/Internet, Telescope, United States, Webbsmbale

Engineers and technicians working on a new generation space telescope, the James Webb Telescope, complete critical tests on how the new instrument will perform in space.

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06Jul/15

Astronomers Discover Supermassive Black Holes

July 6, 2015SpaceAstronomy, Black hole, energy, European Space Agency, Explorer program, Galaxies, Galaxy, Great Observatories program, Hubble Space Telescope, Llandudno, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, Nustar, Outer space, Space, Space observatories, Space telescopes, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Supermassive black hole, Technology/Internet, United Kingdom, Wales, X-ray telescopessmbale

NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) recently caught a glimpse of five of these secluded beasts. While hidden from view from most other telescopes, NuSTAR can spot them by detecting the highest-energy X-rays, which can penetrate through the enshrouding gas and dust.
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26Apr/15

Hubble telescope turns 25

April 26, 2015SpaceAstronomy, Big Bang, Carpenter, Dark energy, Expansion of the universe, Galaxy, Greenbelt, Hubble Deep Field, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's law, James Webb Space Telescope, Kenneth Carpenter, Metric expansion of space, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Natural sciences, Physical cosmology, Physical sciences, Physics, Pillars of Creation, Space, Space observatories, Technology/Internet, United Statessmbale

Happy Birthday Hubble! NASA celebrates twenty five years of the Hubble Space telescope.
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