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James Webb Space Telescope chief scientist Jane Rigby receives highest US civilian award
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agotelescope that does the impossible," Rigby said following her acceptance of the medal. "We are...
It is 15 years since the last Hubble servicing mission
The Register· 2 days agoBy the time its final servicing mission, STS-125, arrived, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) had already...
On this day in history, May 14, 1973, Skylab, the first US space station, is launched
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSkylab, America's first space station, was launched into orbit on this day in history in 1973. The ...
Dr. John F. Wu Receives 2024 Maryland Outstanding | Newswise
Newswise· 21 hours agoThe Maryland Academy of Sciences has selected John F. Wu of the Space Telescope Science Institute...
Universe's oldest known stars found in Milky Way's 'halo'
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe low chemical abundance was a solid hint that the three stars originally formed about 12 to 13...
15 Years Ago: STS-125, the Final Hubble Servicing Mission - NASA
NASA· 3 days agoThe fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, placed in orbit in 1990, took...
Final Upgrade: Hubble Celebrates the 15th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 4
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoThe final servicing mission of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in May 2009, known as SM4, marked the...
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang
SPACE.com· 6 days agoBlack hole week is in full swing, and to celebrate, NASA has explained how its next major...
Supernova-filled galaxy dazzles in new Hubble Telescope image
SPACE.com· 12 hours agoWhat you see above is UGC 9684, a star-forming spiral galaxy that resides roughly 240 million light-years from Earth in the northern sky's Boötes constellation. In the picture, which was released ...
NASA's Roman Space Telescope will hunt for the universe's 1st stars — or their shredded corpses,...
SPACE.com· 5 days agoNASA's forthcoming Nancy Grace Roman Telescope could use the grisly death of stars ripped apart by...