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The Physics of Failure: Analyzing Hubble’s Gyroscope Malfunction
SciTechDaily· 28 minutes agoThe Hubble Space Telescope is currently in safe mode due to gyroscope problems, suspending its science activities. On May 24, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope ...
Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoAn interstellar probe could help scientists answer fundamental questions about how the Sun...
Boeing's Starliner capsule launches, but runs into more trouble with helium leaks
CBS News· 2 days agoA United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off Wednesday and safely boosted Boeing's...
Digital Cameras Revolutionized Astronomy. Then They Found Their Way into Your Pocket
Scientific American· 3 hours agoAs a human being, every time I see a new jaw-droppingly gorgeous astronomical image, I’m staggered...
Australia's 'Space Gandalf' astronomer dies aged 62
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoGreg Quicke used his self-taught astronomy knowledge to become a popular figure on TV [BBC] An Australian astronomer who appeared on the BBC's...
Hourly radio signal from space has scientists stumped: ‘We can’t quite explain what’s going on here’
NY Post via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThere is a mysterious radio frequency reaching Earth from the far stretches of space. South African...
Soaring through space | Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy Magazine· 4 days agoThe Seagull Nebula spans the constellations of Canis Major and Monoceros. Its head is the emission nebula IC 2177 and its broad, billowing wings are part of Sharpless 2–296. Note the bow shock ...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope will function with one gyro | Astronomy.com
Astronomy Magazine· 2 days agoAfter repeated interruptions due to a faltering gyroscope, the Hubble Space Telescope will...
Astronomer Lunine appointed chief scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell News Service· 1 day agoPlanetary scientist Jonathan I. Lunine, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and...
Earliest, most distant galaxy discovered with James Webb Space Telescope
UC Newsroom· 16 hours agoAn international team of astronomers today announced the discovery using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed ...