en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/telescope/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/virtual_telescope_opens_night_sk/ Twirling galaxies, exotic nebulae and exploding stars are now just a mouse click away for amateur astronomers. Microsoft has launched WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that stitches together images from some of the best ground- and space-based telescope news science 2008-05-13 08:21:39 http://www.newsique.com/science/virtual_telescope_opens_night_sk/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7397811.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/virtual_telescope_opens_night_sk/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/new_family_of_stars_found_in_mil/ New telescope images reveal a previously unknown rich cluster of stars in the inner parts of the Milky Way. This closely-packed star family, consisting of about 100,000 stars and located some 30,000 light-years away, was spotted with the European South news science 2007-03-20 08:30:02 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_family_of_stars_found_in_mil/ Space.com http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070319_star_cluster.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/spacecom/ 98 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_family_of_stars_found_in_mil/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/us_space_telescope_set_for_launc/ A Nasa space telescope is about to launch on a mission to explore the Universe with "gamma-ray glasses". The Glast mission will shed light on some of the most violent events in the Universe, that release massive amounts of energy in the form of gamma-r news science 2008-06-11 08:23:50 http://www.newsique.com/science/us_space_telescope_set_for_launc/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7436088.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/us_space_telescope_set_for_launc/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/hubble_rescue_mission_set_for_oc/ NASA’s final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope is now set for Oct. 8. Atlantis and a crew of seven were supposed to fly to Hubble at the end of August, but the mission was delayed because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks require news science 2008-05-23 08:22:56 http://www.newsique.com/science/hubble_rescue_mission_set_for_oc/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779562/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/hubble_rescue_mission_set_for_oc/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/microsofts_worldwide_telescope_l/ Computer users now can fly through the universe, viewing stars, planets and celestial bodies as an astronomer would, with Tuesday's introduction of the Worldwide Telescope by Microsoft. The virtual service combines images and databases from every major news science 2008-05-13 08:15:22 http://www.newsique.com/science/microsofts_worldwide_telescope_l/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/289138036/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/microsofts_worldwide_telescope_l/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/fix_will_give_hubble_major_boost/ Nasa has announced details of a challenging mission to "rescue" the Hubble Space Telescope. Without the mission, the multi-billion dollar orbiting observatory is likely to fail in 2010 or 2011. The upgrade will provide a massive boost to Hubble's ca news science 2008-01-09 08:19:08 http://www.newsique.com/science/fix_will_give_hubble_major_boost/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7164139.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/fix_will_give_hubble_major_boost/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/skies_to_be_swept_for_alien_life/ The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. Funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen the finished array will have 350 6m antennas and will be one of the world's largest. The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) wi news science 2007-10-12 08:19:27 http://www.newsique.com/science/skies_to_be_swept_for_alien_life/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7041183.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/skies_to_be_swept_for_alien_life/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/huge_telescope_set_to_scour_skie/ One of the world's largest optical telescopes is set to peer into space for the first time. Installed on a 2,400m-high (7,900ft) peak on the Canary Island of La Palma, the huge telescope consists of a mirror measuring 10.4m (34.1ft) in diameter. The news science 2007-07-13 08:27:19 http://www.newsique.com/science/huge_telescope_set_to_scour_skie/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6897293.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/huge_telescope_set_to_scour_skie/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/hubbles_main_camera_badly_crippl/ The Hubble Space Telescope’s primary camera is offline, with some science capabilities likely lost for good, NASA officials said Monday. news science 2007-01-30 10:33:45 http://www.newsique.com/science/hubbles_main_camera_badly_crippl/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16873848/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [5] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/hubbles_main_camera_badly_crippl/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/hubble_mission_heaviest_most_com/ If a U.S. space shuttle lifts off headed for the Hubble Space Telescope as early as May 2008, it will be the heaviest mission ever launched (22,000 pounds of gear and hardware) and the most complex -- requiring spacewalking astronauts to remove 111 screws news science 2006-11-02 08:22:02 http://www.newsique.com/science/hubble_mission_heaviest_most_com/ XinhuaNet.com http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/02/content_5282007.htm Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/hubble_mission_heaviest_most_com/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/one_more_trip_for_hubble/ NASA will make a fifth and final "house call" to repair the gyroscopes on the Hubble Space Telescope, probably in mid-2008. news science 2006-10-31 14:01:21 http://www.newsique.com/science/one_more_trip_for_hubble/ Canada.com http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=74a360de-2fbb-4b18-bc95-6d34ff19c942&k=27104 http://www.newsique.com/sources/canada/ 96 Under Rated [2] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/one_more_trip_for_hubble/#comments