Moons of Uranus surprise scientists in Hubble study
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope went looking for evidence of one phenomenon and found quite another.
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Page 20: Research news on Space telescopes
Space telescopes as a research area encompass the scientific and technical study, design, deployment, and utilization of astronomical observatories operating above Earth’s atmosphere to access wide spectral ranges (e.g., ultraviolet, X-ray, gamma-ray, infrared) and achieve high-precision photometry, spectroscopy, and imaging. The field addresses orbital dynamics, thermal and structural stability, detector and optics optimization, contamination control, and data calibration pipelines. Research includes mission architecture, survey strategies, multi-messenger and time-domain coordination, and methodologies for extracting cosmological, stellar, and planetary parameters from space-based observations, as well as technology development for next-generation observatories and constellations.
Core components for NASA's Roman Space Telescope pass major shake test
The core portion of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully completed vibration testing, ensuring it will withstand the extreme shaking experienced during launch. Passing this key milestone brings Roman ...
Astronomy
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Largest map of the universe announced revealing 800,000 galaxies, challenging early cosmos theories
In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday released the data behind the largest map of the universe. Called the COSMOS-Web field, the project, built with data collected by the ...
Astronomy
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Future telescopes could detect life managing their planet atmospheres
The challenge in the search for habitable worlds is clear. We need to be able to identify habitable worlds and distinguish between biotic and abiotic processes. Ideally, scientists would do this on entire populations of exoplanets ...
Astrobiology
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New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life
The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the signs of life—called biosignatures—that ...
Astrobiology
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We need to be looking for life in 'continuous' habitable zones, say researchers
Exoplanet science is shifting from finding any detectable exoplanets we can to searching for those in their stars' habitable zones. NASA's proposed Habitable World Observatory and other similar efforts are focused on these ...
Astrobiology
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Webb telescope helps refine Hubble constant, suggesting resolution to long-standing expansion rate debate
For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the universe. The universe expands over time, but how fast it's expanding has seemed to differ depending on ...
Astronomy
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Webb telescope captures deep view of ancient galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope's deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies from the universe's distant past, the European Space Agency said Tuesday.
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Multiwavelength observations investigate the variability of young star DR Tauri
Using various ground-based and space telescopes, an international team of astronomers has observed a highly variable young star known as DR Tauri. Results of the observational campaign, published May 12 on the arXiv preprint ...
The deepening mystery around the JWST's early galaxies
When the JWST came to life and began observations, one of its first jobs was to gaze back in time at the early universe. The Assembly of Galaxies is one of the space telescope's four main science themes, and when it observed ...
Astronomy
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