Space.com4h
NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'
This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...
Scientists Tried to Kill Spacecraft But It Was So Tough That It Refused to Die
While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.
Space.com13h
Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of ...
Smithsonian Magazine14h
From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
Tuesday Telescope: On Mars, the rovers take pictures of robotic arms and rocks
We're back! A long-time reader and subscriber recently mentioned in the Ars Forums that they "kind of" missed the Daily Telescope posts that I used to write in 2023 and 2024. Although I would have ...
Rochester Institute of Technology1d
Four renowned contributors to science, technology, the arts, and design will receive honorary degrees at RIT’s May 9 commencement ceremony
Four renowned individuals with contributions to science, technology, the arts, and design will receive honorary degrees from ...
Rochester Institute of Technology1d
RIT to award honorary degrees to four innovators May 9
Four renowned individuals with contributions to science, technology, the arts, and design will receive honorary degrees from ...
EE World Online1d
Which is the real problem: overengineering or underengineering?
That’s the problem: models are just thoughtful approximations of reality, yet they easily inspire high confidence levels — ...
Mirage News1d
Hubble's 20-Year Uranus Study Reveals Atmospheric Insights
Explore HubbleHubble HomeOverviewAbout HubbleThe History of HubbleHubble TimelineWhy Have a Telescope in Space?Hubble by the ...
Simon Fraser University1d
Trottier Observatory celebrates a decade of stargazing and wonder at SFU
Trottier Observatory and Science Courtyard is celebrating ten years of space exploration this spring with an all-ages ...
Europe’s quest to finally land on Mars takes another turn
As Mars discussions between the European Space Agency and NASA deepened in 2008 and 2009, the mission's launch vehicle changed to an Atlas V rocket built by US-based United Launch Alliance. Then, just ...
The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...