The Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode following an issue with a gyroscope. The spacecraft remains in good health, and NASA engineers are optimistic about its return to scientific observations.
Telescope RSS
We've got an exciting week coming up in rocket launches because an Ariane 5 ECA+ will finally take the James Webb Space Telescope to space on Christmas Eve following 25 years of construction.
The largest and most powerful space science telescope was subjected to low and high-frequency vibrations to test it against the harsh conditions that it will face during launch next year.
A paper has looked at the expected effect of internet satellites on telescope astronomy. It said the issue is manageable and that the first and last hours of the night will be impacted most.
Previously only available to paying members, Slooh has now opened its live outer space feeds, which stream from telescopes on the Canary Islands and Chile, to anyone who signs up for a free account.
A major release of Telegram has been released. In version 4.0 of Telegram, bot vendors can integrate payments, all sites can use Instant View, and users can send video messages to others.
A third party app is now available to offer Windows Phone users access to Periscope, a new live-streaming service from Twitter. Dubbed Telescope, the app is now freely available in the Store.
The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory and Planck space telescope have successfully completed their tests in Europe, and will be flown to the space port in Kourou, French Guiana this week, ready for their...
Microsoft launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday. The free Web-based application allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed...
Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens,...
Google has joined a group of nineteen universities and national labs that are building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Scheduled to begin operations in 2013, the 8.4-meter LSST will be able to survey the...
Telescope is a metasearch engine for Windows, which automates web searching by combining results from several search engines. In addition to general web searching, it can access results from web directories, image search engines,...
Telescope is a metasearch engine for Windows, which automates web searching by combining results from several search engines. In addition to general web searching, it can access results from web directories, image search engines,...
An instrument that helped the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope look at black holes, newly forming stars and far-off galaxies has broken down, and NASA said Monday it is looking at possible ways to fix it....