01
May
World’s largest infrared space telescope shuts down for good
The Herschel Space Observatory was the most powerful infrared observatory ever launched to space until it stopped functioning this week.
01
May
World’s largest infrared space telescope shuts down for good
The Herschel Space Observatory was the most powerful infrared observatory ever launched to space until it stopped functioning this week.
12
Mar
Largest infrared telescope in space running out of time
Scientists are not disappointed, claiming that Herschel’s mission “has already exceeded expectations.”
11
Mar
6 surprising facts about world’s most powerful radio telescope
The $1.3 billion telescope array promises to reveal many new secrets of the cosmos.
11
Nov
An old idea gives telescopes a fresh twist
Inventor predicts his invention will help astronomers find alien worlds.
28
Jun
Asteroid telescope will hunt for space rocks that threaten Earth
Project Sentinel would find and road-map Earth-bound asteroids with sufficient warning time — years to decades — to enable deflection missions.
22
Jun
Black hole-hunting telescope unfurls giant mast
The step following the release of carbon fiber tube constructed mast is to instruct the telescope to turn on its X-ray detectors.
13
Jun
NASA to launch black hole-hunting space telescope
The NuStar telescope will spend 2 years mapping black holes in the Milky Way.
World’s largest telescope gets final approval
The 129-foot segmented-mirror telescope will allow scientists to search for habitable alien planets and to study dark matter.
07
Jun
NASA’s X-ray space telescope scrapped over cost
The observatory intended to study black holes and neutron stars went over budget due to the difficulties of developing certain instruments.
05
Jun
NASA gains 2 powerful repurposed space telescopes
NASA is looking into funding options both to refit the spy telescopes for space exploration and to launch to them into space.
