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Hubble telescope to get final tune-up before being replaced

NASA is all set to for the fifth and final service mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, which is scheduled for May 12 this year.hubby-telescope-300x300 Hubble telescope to get final tune-up before being replaced

A Telescope In a Cubic Kilometer of Ice

Roland Piquepaille writes "University of Delaware (UD) scientists and engineers are currently working at South Pole under very harsh conditions. This research team is one of the many other ones working on the construction of IceCube, the world's largest neutrino telescope in the Antarctic ice, far beneath the continent's snow-covered surface. When it is completed in 2011, the telescope array will occupy a cubic kilometer of Antarctica. One of the lead researchers said that 'IceCube will provide new information about some of the most violent and far-away astrophysical events in the cosmos.' The UD team has even opened a blog to cover this expedition. It will be opened up to December 22, 2008. I guess they want to be back in Delaware for Christmas, but read more for additional details and references, including a diagram of this telescope ar

NASA telescope unveils a dozen new pulsars

NASA’’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and has detected gamma-ray pulses from 18 others.nasa-telescope-including-pulsars NASA telescope unveils a dozen new pulsars

Webb space telescope mirror to be tested

A full scale model of NASA's planned James Webb Space Telescope is on display on the National Mall in Washington on May 10, 2007. Scheduled for launch in 2013, the telescope will be 10 to 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

Atlantis shuttle to service Hubble telescope in May

The US space agency has set a tentative date of May 12 for the lift-off of the Atlantis space shuttle, on a long-delayed service mission to the Hubble telescope, NASA announced. The original launch, scheduled for October, was put off after a unit that collects, formats and sends data back to the ground from Hubble failed. “Since then, engineers have been working to prepare a spare. They expect to be able to ship the spare, known as the Science Instrument Command and Data Handling System, to NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in spring 2009,” NASA said in a statement sent out late Thursday. The flight of Atlantis shuttle STS-125 to Hubble will be the last to service the aging telescope, which is due to be replaced in 2013 by a highly sophisticated space telescope with an eagle-eye camera.

Hubble Telescope to Get Last Tuneup During International Year of Astronomy

As the International Year of Astronomy dawns, the renowned Hubble Space Telescope is preparing for its final chapter, starting with the scheduled May 12 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for NASA's fifth and final service mission to the telescope.

Titanic Telescope Scans Skies For E.T.

In a tiny California town town within sight of Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen is the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, home to the Allen Telescope Array -- the only large-scale telescope fully at the disposal of the SETI project. (Daniel Terdiman/CNET)

Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2008

krou writes "The Big Picture blog is running a Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar, where for the 25 days (it started on the 1st of December), a new photo will be revealed from the Hubble Space Telescope."

Hubble Telescope to Get Last Tuneup During International Year of Astronomy

As the International Year of Astronomy dawns, the renowned Hubble Space Telescope is preparing for its final chapter, starting with the scheduled May 12 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for NASA's fifth and final service mission to the telescope.

Photos: The telescope searching for aliens

The Hat Creek Radio Observatory, in Northern California, is home to the Allen Telescope Array. The ATA, as it's called, is a collection of radio antennas, that together make up the world's first telescope dedicated to the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (Seti) project.

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Illustration of gravitational lensing (not to scale). The light from the distant quasar is bent by the gravitational field of an intervening spiral galaxy placed fortuituously near the line of sight. The bending produces two artifact images of the quasar, which are observed by the eSMA. The spiral galaxy itself is located at large distances from the sun, corresponding to only 45% of the current age of the universe. Credit: spiral (M100): INT/Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope/Johan Knapen/Nik Szymanek; star field: INT/Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope/Cornwall Astronomy School Project; montage: S. Bottinelli

SETI's large-scale telescope scans the skies

In a tiny California town town within sight of Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen is the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, home to the Allen Telescope Array--the only large-scale telescope fully at the disposal of the SETI project.

SETI's very large-scale telescope scans the skies

In a tiny California town town within sight of Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen is the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, home to the Allen Telescope Array--the only large-scale telescope fully at the disposal of the SETI project.

Jump Into Space With NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope Interactive Exhibit in Pittsburgh

GREENBELT, Md., Dec 08, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA's Hubble exhibit now has a companion, an interactive exhibit on the James Webb Space Telescope -- and it's now in Pittsburgh for all to see. Visitors will be able to experience how the Webb telescope will work, through computer games, videos and displays.

Hubble telescope finds carbon dioxide on extrasolar planet

Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, the U.S. space agency NASA reported on Tuesday.

Hubble telescope finds carbon dioxida on extrasolar planet

Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, the U.S. space agency NASA reported on Tuesday.

Hubble Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide On Extrasolar Planet

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step toward finding chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life.

Hubble telescope finds carbon dioxide on distant planet

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered both carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of a distant planet, in a key step for finding extraterrestrial life, the space agency said Tuesday. Skip related content

Hubble Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide On An Extrasolar Planet

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step toward finding chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life.

Hubble telescope finds carbon dioxide on extrasolar planet

Washington (Xinhua): The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, the US space agency NASA reported on Tuesday.

Hubble telescope finds carbon dioxide on extrasolar planet

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, the U.S. space agency NASA reported on Tuesday.

Hubble telescope finds carbon dioxide on extrasolar planet

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, the U.S. space agency NASA reported on Tuesday.

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