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Keep an Eye Out for a Newly Discovered Comet This October
24 Sep 2025 00:54 GMT
… science instrument aboard the SOHO space observatory, which observes the sun — was …
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New space observatory opens in South Wairarapa
16 Sep 2025 01:33 GMT
The Cretney Observatory opened on Saturday 13 September.
Photo: WAS Cretney observatory by Matt Balkham
A new observatory in South Wairarapa lets visitors watch exploding stars far away - and take the photos home with them.
The Cretney Observatory, which …
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HKU Researchers and Collaborators Capture First “Heartbeat” of Newborn Neutron Star in Distant Cosmic Explosion
23 Sep 2025 14:54 GMT
… bright GRBs. With next-generation space observatories and gamma-ray detectors on …
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Honoring a Pioneer: Dr. George Carruthers’ Legacy Reaches Space Again
23 Sep 2025 12:18 GMT
… became the first lunar-based space observatory during NASA’s Apollo 16 …
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Webb space telescope spots unusual features in atmosphere of Saturn
22 Sep 2025 10:20 GMT
… Telescope is a flagship deep space observatory, but spends some of its …
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First Images Emerge From Long-Awaited Vera Rubin Space Observatory
24 Jun 2025 15:56 GMT
The Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae.
Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The first images from the long-awaited Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been made public, and they're as dazzling as anticipated. Shared Monday in a US National Science Foundation ( …
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How Cork got a science centre and space observatory in a 16th-century castle
02 Jun 2025 19:32 GMT
Last month, the small team at Blackrock Castle Observatory was abuzz. Their phones were hopping with requests from news outlets.For one or two days, the world transferred its gaze from a big orange blob in the White House to a little-known planet 124 light …
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NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory begins scanning the sky
08 May 2025 06:46 GMT
On May 1, 2025, NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission commenced its full-sky survey, capturing the universe in unprecedented detail across 102 infrared wavelengths. This marks …
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NASA’s new space observatory is mapping the entire sky in 3D
02 May 2025 23:16 GMT
… calibrations, NASA says its SPHEREx space observatory is ready to embark on …
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SPHEREx Space Observatory Begins Mapping the Entire Sky in 102 Wavelengths of Light
02 May 2025 18:27 GMT
NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory launched into space in early … vital activities on the SPHEREx space observatory to prepare it for its … position and angle changes, the space observatory’s field of view shifts …