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SCIENCE / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 8:30am neoform

Space.com -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri May 23, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jan 9, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jan 30, 2007 @ 10:33am mrmdc

MSNBC -- The Hubble Space Telescope’s primary camera is offline, with some science capabilities likely lost for good, NASA officials said Monday... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Nov 2, 2006 @ 8:22am neoform

XinhuaNet.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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Oct 31, 2006 @ 2:01pm mrmdc

Canada.com -- NASA will make a fifth and final "house call" to repair the gyroscopes on the Hubble Space Telescope, probably in mid-2008... Read More