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This new telescope lens could be a game-changer for space imagery
Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on ...
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How do spiral galaxies get 'feathers'? All it takes is a little gravity
Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...
No, that’s not a cosmic cone of shame—it’s NASA’s newest space telescope
Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN1d
China plans moon telescope on far side with 7,200 antennas to explore early universe
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that the proposed lunar radio telescope array would feature 7,200 ...
A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
SPHEREx is set to launch at Friday from California. Here are five things to know about NASA's latest advanced space telescope.
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First comprehensive data release of Euclid space telescope
With the first large dataset from the Euclid space telescope, researchers discover 26 million galaxies and the detailed ...
NASA launches its newest space telescope, set to conduct all-sky survey, map millions of galaxies
The NASA SPHEREx telescope will use infrared instruments and a broad field of view to map the entire sky. It will observe the ...
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Explainer: NASA's $488 million telescope to unveil secrets of the universe
American space agency NASA's latest space telescope, Spherex, soared into orbit Tuesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ...
New NASA telescope SPHEREx is tasked with mapping the entire cosmos
The $488 million observatory is set to launch at the end of this month on a two-year mission to map the entire celestial sky.
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Space scientists fearful as Trump administration targets science and mulls NASA cuts
Researchers worry an “extinction-level event” is coming for space science as the Trump administration looks to slash spending ...
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DARPA Wants to ‘Grow’ Enormous Living Structures in Space
In a new call for proposals, DARPA envisions living materials that could self-assemble into antennas, nets to capture debris, ...
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A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
The space observatory will share a ride ... the size of a backyard storage shed. The infrared telescope and its detectors have a distinct design of three cone-shaped layers of photon shields ...