Telescope articles

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  MOSFIRE spectrometer gathers infrared light to study earliest galaxies

  By Amar Toor on April 12, 2012 01:10 am + 3 comments

  A team of researchers is nearing completion on a five-ton spectrometer that, once finalized, will Continue reading…

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  Space Shuttle Columbia's telescope for sale on eBay

  By Adi Robertson on April 9, 2012 04:17 pm + 7 comments

  In 1990, the Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its tenth flight, carrying the Broad Band X-Ray Continue reading…

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  IBM and ASTRON's DOME project takes on the vast data of space

  By Jamie Keene on April 2, 2012 04:56 am + 5 comments

  IBM and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, better known as ASTRON, have announced that Continue reading…

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  James Webb Space Telescope: a risky mission

  By Sam Byford on February 17, 2012 04:35 am + 13 comments

  Named after NASA's second administrator, the James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to Hubble, Continue reading…

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  SETI restarts the Allen Telescope Array, resumes looking for alien life

  By Jamie Keene on December 7, 2011 08:18 pm + 15 comments

  SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, has resumed operations at its Allen Telescope Continue reading…

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  ALMA telescope captures first image, shows gases 70 million light years away

  By David Pierce on October 6, 2011 07:02 pm

  16,500 feet up in the Chilean Andes, a telescope made of a series of 40-foot antennas just captured Continue reading…