Starliner astronaut conducts spacewalk while stuck aboard ISS
At the time of writing, Williams and ISS crewmate, Nick Hague, are conducting NASA’s first spacewalk in over a year. The pair ...
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Life probably exists beyond Earth. So how do we find it?
The Subaru’s 8.2-meter (27 feet) reflector is among the largest single-piece mirrors in the world. (Operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the telescope has no affiliation ...
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Hawaii Has The Largest Reflector Telescope In The US But It's Not Run By Who You Think
Giant ground-based reflector telescopes do much of astronomy's heavy lifting, although the U.S.'s largest in Hawaii is not ...
NASA Astronauts Go on Spacewalk to Fix Space Station Telescope
Extraordinary footage showed two NASA astronauts as they completed X-ray telescope repairs outside the International Space Station on Thursday.NASA livestreamed the spacewalk, which began at 8 am ET ...
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Telescope deals 2025: save hundreds with these stargazing bargains
Just to make it that little bit more challenging, there's also three different main types of telescopes to look out for. You have the choice of refractor, reflector and catadioptric telescopes ...
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Telescope vs monocular: Which should I buy?
From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy. Ask an astronomer what the best monocular is for ...
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
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Wireless Telescope Guidance You Can Build On The Cheap
Telescopes are fun to point around the sky, but they’re even better when you have some idea of what you’re actually looking at. Experienced sky-gazers love nothing more than whipping out some ...
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope set to challenge James Webb Space Telescope in 2027; here's how
NASA's Roman Space Telescope, slated for a 2027 launch, will provide insights into dark energy and exoplanets. It will undergo rigorous testing to ensure durability in space conditions.
Two NASA astronauts are currently outside the ISS, repairing an X-ray telescope
Two NASA astronauts are currently hard at work in space, patching up an instrument called NICER (Neutron star Interior ...
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope creates largest photomosaic ever made of "train wreck" Andromeda galaxy with over 2.5 billion pixels
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...