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Tag Archives: Hubble Space Telescope

03Nov/16

NASA completes critical test of James Webb Space Telescope

November 3, 2016SpaceFlagship Program, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Infrared telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Outer space, Space observatories, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Technology/Internet, Telescope, 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, energy, European Space Agency, Explorer program, Galaxy, Hubble Space Telescope, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, Space, Space telescopes, Spaceflight, Supermassive black hole, Technology/Internet, 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, Galaxy, Hubble Deep Field, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's law, James Webb Space Telescope, Kenneth Carpenter, Metric expansion of space, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Physical cosmology, Physics, Space, Technology/Internetsmbale

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