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Using the joint NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope in low-Earth orbit,…
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Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, has successfully launched on its maiden flight. Liftoff occurred…
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As many as four SpaceX Falcon 9 missions and the long-delayed inaugural flight of Ariane…
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Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb…
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The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
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As the month of May transitions into June, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to…
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Scientists have made groundbreaking discoveries about the oldest galaxies in the universe using the James Webb Space Telescope. These galaxies, believed to have formed during the first billion years of the universe, provide valuable insight into the reionization period. The observations, combined with data from the Hubble Space Telescope, are shedding light on the sources that emitted radiation capable of clearing the hydrogen fog that covered the universe. The scientists focused on Abell 2744, a galaxy cluster located approximately four billion light-years from Earth,

Scientists at the Webb Space Telescope have made a groundbreaking discovery, finding evidence of a neutron star within the remnants of a recent supernova. This discovery, made using data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), provides valuable insights into the evolution of massive stars and the formation of compact objects in the universe. The supernova, known as SN 1987A, was observed in 1987 and occurred approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth. Prior to the explosion,

A recent study conducted by the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has offered valuable insights into the interactions between galaxies and black holes. Black holes, known for their immense gravitational pulls, consume only a fraction of the gas and material in their accretion disks, while the remaining material is ejected into space. In the case of the black hole at the center of the galaxy Markarian 817, XMM-Newton observed a phenomenon known as a “black hole wind,” where

Title: Hubble Telescope Continues to Make Groundbreaking Observations 30 Years After Repair Mission

The Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, underwent a critical repair mission in December 1993 due to faulty optics that affected its observations. The mission, known as STS-61, successfully replaced components and restored the telescope’s full potential.

The repair plan involved replacing the faulty camera with the corrected WF/PC2 and installing the COSTAR box to correct light for three axial instruments