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NASA Confirms Arrival of New Interstellar Object in Our Solar System: Here’s What We Know
“On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, ...
A Colossal Telescope in the Desert Just Captured Galaxies We’ve Never Seen Before
More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...
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What will be one of the world’s most powerful telescopes enters final design phase
Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Its First Direct Image Discovery of an Exoplanet
Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...
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A Telescope Collaboration Between Astrophysicists Offers an Unprecedented Opportunity for Discovery
The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...
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James Webb Telescope Debuts New Trick: Blocking Out Stars and Photographing Their Planets
Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...
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Negative Thermal Expansion Material Could Unlock the Mother of All Telescopes
A new material called Alloy 30 shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled and it could help with telescope ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN4d
How Negative Thermal Expansion Alloys Are Reshaping Telescope Stability for Exoplanet Discovery
When the search for habitable exoplanets requires a 1,000 times more stable telescope than James Webb Space Telescope, even ...
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Giant radio telescope in the Utah desert could reveal hidden corners of the cosmos — and brand-new physics
Scientists say that the construction of a vast new radio telescope array in the Utah desert — known as the Deep Synoptic ...
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UF students are bending metal with lasers to build massive structures in orbit
UF engineers, backed by DARPA and NASA, are perfecting laser-forming techniques that let metal sheets fold themselves into giant solar arrays, antennas, and even space-station parts right in ...