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Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'
The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...
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BANG! James Webb telescope catches stray galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the week
This unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...
James Webb telescope discovers its first exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images ...
Webb Telescope Just Did Something It’s Never Done Before—and Astronomers Are Thrilled
The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...
Vera Rubin telescope is pointing the world’s biggest camera at cosmos
The first batch of test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is scheduled to be released Monday at 11:30 a.m., followed ...
Latest data from South Pole Telescope signal 'new era' for measuring the first light in the universe
The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...
New observatory in Chile will feature huge, precise telescope focussed on southern sky
A new observatory is coming on-line and, in its own way, is going to have an impact similar to what we are seeing with the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct image of an exoplanet
The James Webb telescope has captured some seriously cool direct images of a planet beyond our solar system. This is the ...
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Giant radio telescope in the Utah desert could reveal hidden corners of the cosmos — and brand-new physics
Scientists say that the construction of a vast new radio telescope array in the Utah desert — known as the Deep Synoptic ...
Texas universities help build ‘giant’ telescope as it enters final design phase
The Giant Magellan Telescope, one of the largest telescopes ever built, is entering the final design phase and is expected to ...
Hubble Observes Extreme Weather On Massive Alien World In 4K Visualization
The Hubble Space Telescope has made multiple observations of exoplanet WASP-121 b, also known as Tylos. The extreme ...
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Focus on the universe: An overview of modern telescopes and what they see
The same goes for ground-based telescopes like the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory in Chile. While binoculars can easily capture the entire full moon, Hubble's field of view ...