James Webb Space Telescope: Why the world’s astronomers are very, very anxious right now
• 3 years agoAfter $10 billion and years of delays, the telescope is finally scheduled to lift off from a European launch site in French Guiana on its way to a point 1 million miles on the other side of the moon
NASA shares stunning image of cluster of stars on occasion of Diwali, wins hearts online
Trendingdesk • 3 years agoCalling it a 'festival of lights', the agency explained that the image is of a globular cluster or 'a densely-packed collection of colorful stars', which is situated close to the heart of the Milky Way
European Space Agency shares images of edge-on galaxy; leaves netizens amazed
Trendingdesk • 3 years agoIn their latest post, ESA has shared photos of the galaxy that 'plays' twister. These images of the edge-on galaxy have been captured by the Hubble Telescope
Final testing of the James Webb space telescope is complete, it is getting ready for its 31 October launch
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoThe telescope will observe the universe from the vantage point of Lagrangian Point 2 (L2), located some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth.
After a month, NASA fixes Hubble and resumes science observations
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoThe telescope also shared an image of galaxies with spiral arms and a pair of interacting galaxies in the southern hemisphere.
Hubble telescope faces technical issues for a week, NASA insists it's in good health
• 4 years agoNASA said the payload computer stopped working last Sunday and attempts to restart it have failed.
Hubble telescope captures image of unique lopsided spiral galaxy, 120 mn light-years away
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoAnother image by Hubble shows galaxy cluster ACO S 295 and crowded background galaxies and stars.
Understanding exoplanets: Unraveling the mysteries of planets that are hotter than stars
• 4 years agoKelt-9 b might've formed away from its parent star and had a violent past with collisions happening as it migrated inwards.
Space exploration in 2021 to see missions to Mars, the Moon, views from beyond 'deep space'
• 4 years agoAn eclipse in May overlaps with a period when the moon is close to Earth, in what is known by some as a 'super blood moon'.
NASA's time-lapse of the Comet ISON shows it journeying towards the Sun, before it broke apart in 2013
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoISON had a tail that was 20 times wider than the full Moon and its head was so bright that it could have been seen in the “pre-dawn eye with the unaided eye”.