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NASA’s Upcoming WFIRST Space Telescope Renamed in Honor of Nancy Grace Roman
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, Kennedy Space Center, ESA, JWST, James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Kepler, Discovery, astronomy, space shuttle, Technology, Exoplanets, Saturn, Neptune, Voyager, black holes, habitability, Galaxies, galaxy clusters, Universe, dark energyCelebrating Hubble’s 30th Anniversary… and Looking Beyond to the Next 30 Years
April 24 marked the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), which has given humanity some of the most awe-inspiring images of the cosmos ever taken. Hubble has revealed sights never seen before, and new views of old favourites, including planets, stars, nebulas, galaxies and black holes. More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Chandra, Kepler, Spitzer Space Telescope, Exoplanets, Solar System, Research, Universe, astrophysicsNASA Celebrates End of Historic Spitzer Space Telescope Mission
In just a few days from now, one of NASA’s greatest space telescope missions will come to an end. The Spitzer Space Telescope will cease operations on Jan. 30, 2020, after 16 years in service. The news was announced during a special live program on Jan. 22, 2020, to celebrate the achievements of the long-running […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, SpaceX, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Falcon 9, Space Exploration, Kepler, Exoplanets, Astrobiology, Research, habitabilityNASA’s TESS Space Telescope Finds Its First Earth-Sized Exoplanet in Habitable Zone and a World With Two Suns
NASA’s newest exoplanet-hunting space telescope, TESS, has already been making some exciting discoveries, and now two more have just been announced: its first Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of its star and its first planet orbiting two stars. More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, ESA, James Webb Space Telescope, Space Exploration, Kepler, Technology, ExoplanetsNASA Joins ESA’s ‘ARIEL’ Mission to Study Atmospheres of Hot Exoplanets
Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered so far – just over 4,000 now actually – with thousands more expected to be found in the near future. But these worlds are very far away, so it is a difficult task to determine just what they are actually like. But now, NASA is contributing an instrument to […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Kepler, astronomy, Exoplanets, Astrobiology, Europa, Jupiter, Solar System, Research, Galaxies, Enceladus, UniverseNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Now Fully Assembled for 2021 Launch
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just took another big step towards completion, as the two halves it was currently in were connected together for the first time at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Redondo Beach, California. More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, SpaceX, JWST, Falcon 9, Space Exploration, Kepler, astronomy, Exoplanets, Astrobiology, Comets, Research, habitabilityNASA’s TESS Mission Wraps Up First Year of Exoplanet Hunting
NASA’s TESS mission (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has now completed the first year of its search for exoplanets and has already racked up some great discoveries, it was announced on July 25, 2019. The space telescope has also been watching other celestial phenomena such as comets and supernovae, although exoplanets are its primary focus. More
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Hubble and Kepler Telescopes May Have Just Found The First Exomoon, 8000 Light-Years Away
Exoplanets – planets orbiting other stars – have been found by the thousands now, with many more to come. But what about exomoons? So far there haven’t been any confirmed yet, and they are much more difficult to detect, but that may change soon. A new paper, just published in Science Advances, provides a very […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, Space Exploration, Kepler, astronomy, Exoplanets, Research, James Webb Telescope, habitabilityKepler Enters Hibernation Mode, Downlinks Latest Science Data Before Fuel Runs Out
The end is nigh – that appears to be the case at least for NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope which is now running very low on remaining fuel. Although this has always been expected and planned for, the Kepler team received a new notification this past week that the fuel level is now critically low. As […] More
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in NASA, Space, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CCAFS, Falcon 9, LaunchPHOTOS: SpaceX Launches TESS on Hunt for Earths Around Other Stars
A spacecraft on a quest to discover Earth-like and potentially habitable worlds in other solar systems around other stars took to space on April 18, 2018, riding atop a shiny new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, will pick […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, SpaceX, Kepler, Exoplanets, Astrobiology, Super EarthsSpaceX to Launch NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Monday in Quest to Discover Other Earths
The discovery of thousands of exoplanets in recent years is one of the most exciting developments in space exploration, and the future promises the detection of thousands more. Many of those have come from the Kepler Space Telescope, including Earth-sized planets in the habitable zones of their stars, but that mission will soon be coming […] More
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in News, NASA, ExoplanetsNASA’s Next Exoplanet-Hunter, TESS, Arrives at Kennedy Space Center Ahead of Launch
NASA is getting closer to taking the next big step in exoplanet-hunting – the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) space telescope has just arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for launch no earlier than April 16. It was built and tested during 2017 at Orbital ATK in Dulles, Virginia, and now will be […] More
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in Chandra, Exoplanets, GalaxiesAstronomers Discover Distant Exoplanets in a ‘Galaxy Far, Far Away’
Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered so far, of many different types, but they all share one thing in common: they have all been found in our own galaxy. This is not surprising however, since of course they would be easier to detect than ones even farther away. But now, astronomers have reported the discovery […] More
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