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Hubble Telescope captures stunning image of star-forming Prawn Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a beautiful view of the Prawn Nebula hovering in deep space.
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NASA/ESA telescope captures strange X-rays from 3 'hell' planets
NASA's Chandra X-ray Telescope and ESA's XMM-Newton satellite investigated anomalous X-ray activity from three white dwarfs and discovered three objects that were planet…
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What will America's space science look like in the next 10 years?
The latest survey of American astronomy and astrophysics from 2022 to 2032 recommended that NASA create a new program to develop several large telescopes.
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New telescope will change the way we observe the universe
Scheduled to launch in December, the James Webb telescope is expected to answer people's questions about how the universe formed and life beyond Earth.
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Proposal to build a space telescope $ 11 billion
Astronomers propose to build a new telescope to replace Hubble with the ability to observe distant and super faint exoplanets.
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NASA captures 'future image' of Sun exploding and dying
The Hubble Space Telescope - being operated jointly by NASA and ESA - has captured a beautiful nebula 1,370 light-years away.
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The Spitzer Space Telescope captures the image of a nebula that looks like the monster Godzilla
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope sent back to Earth a stunning image of a dust cloud thousands of light-years away.
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Impressive image of the mysterious 'super bubble' nebula from the Hubble space telescope
N44 is a very special nebula when it comes to the appearance of a 'super bubble' - a dark and mysterious void in the middle.
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Detects the existence of water in a galaxy 12.8 billion light years from Earth
Scientists say they have discovered evidence of water in a galaxy about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth.
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NASA builds asteroid-hunting space telescope
The new space telescope, scheduled to launch in 2026, will help protect the Earth from potentially dangerous objects.
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China builds Asia's largest astronomical observatory
China is building a world-class astronomical observatory, opening a new door to its space ambitions.
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Construction of the world's largest radio telescope begins
The Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKO) can peer deeper into the universe than any previous radio telescope, providing sharper images than Hubble.
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James Webb telescope completes final test, set to launch in October
After several delays, the successor to the Hubble space telescope could be launched in October this year.
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How did Galileo and his telescope change the idea of the universe?
The path of genius is not always easy for those who walk it.
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The supermassive black hole was discovered 34 billion times larger than the Sun.
At present masses, fast-growing black holes can only detect a star the size of the Sun every day, according to researchers' calculations.