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Preparations begin for NASA to look back in time
September 25, 2012 2:35 PM
NASA reports that the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland received the first two of eighteen 4-ft, 88-pound mirrors from Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado. These mirrors were specially designed to be used on The James Webb Space Telescope as it looks back in time to the origin... more » -
Telescope alert! Asteroids to make close swipe of earth
September 7, 2010 4:09 PM
If you enjoy keeping an eye on the night sky, here's one you won't want to miss--two asteroids are about to pass by earth closer than the moon. The newly discovered asteroids were spotted by astronomers at Mount Lemmon Survey in Tucson, Arizona. They'll pass earth Wednesday within eleven... more » -
New hope for patients with macular degeneration
July 8, 2010 12:15 PM
To combat the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, the Food and Drug Administration has approved use of a telescope that's implanted directly into the eye. The implantable miniature telescope is placed in the center of one eye to help with loss of central vision that affects patients... more » -
Hubble team marks 20 years with a new view
April 25, 2010 10:15 AM
The team behind the Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating the orbiting observatory's 20th birthday with a picture that shows a cosmic pillar of gas and dust piled high in the Carina Nebula. The image, captured in February by Hubble's brand-new Wide Field Camera 3, may look like a bizarre... more »
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