Telescope
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Did a giant radio telescope in China just discover aliens?
Science | Jun 20, 2022, 03:58 PM ISTTechnosignature searches have been ongoing since the 1960s, when the American astronomer Frank Drake pointed the 26-metre Tatel telescope toward two nearby Sun-like stars and scanned them for signs of technology.
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China plans world's 1st nearby habitable planet search with space telescope
World | May 19, 2022, 07:54 PM ISTThe exploration of habitable planets outside the solar system is one of the key frontiers of fundamental research in astronomy.
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NASA releases new images comparing sharper view of Universe using MIRI vs Spitzer telescopes
Science | May 10, 2022, 04:28 PM ISTThe James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s largest, most powerful, and most complex space science telescope ever built. Webb’s image, taken by its MIRI instrument, features light from “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons."
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NASA's new space telescope sees 1st starlight, takes selfie
World | Feb 12, 2022, 07:42 AM ISTAll 18 segments of the primary mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope seem to be working properly 1 1/2 months into the mission, officials said on Friday.
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Recap 2021 - A year of space tourism, launch of biggest telescope and many milestones | Pics, Videos
Science | Dec 30, 2021, 05:49 PM IST2021 was a big year in the world of science. The world witnessed millionaires conduct space explorations, NASA launch James Webb Telescope, China bringing back a sample to earth from the moon, and many more milestones. Here is a list of the biggest moments in science with mind-blowing pictures and videos from out of the world (literally).
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on mission to unlock secrets of universe | WATCH
Science | Dec 25, 2021, 06:57 PM ISTNASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky.
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Huge radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico
World | Dec 01, 2020, 06:17 PM ISTA huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has long played a key role in astronomical discoveries collapsed on Tuesday, officials said.
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GREGOR telescope captures disturbingly-close pictures of sunspot. Take a look
Science | Sep 07, 2020, 07:38 PM ISTGREGOR Telescope has captured highest-resolution pictures of the sun and they are undoubtedly eerie and amazing at the same time. The European telescope at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain, and operated by German scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics.
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Radio Telescope discovers Saturn-like exoplanet. Check details
Science | Aug 06, 2020, 11:09 AM ISTScientists have discovered a Saturn-like exoplanet using a radio telescope for the first time. The detected planet is known as TVLM 513b. This particular planet has a similar mass to Saturn and an orbit analogous that is pretty similar to Mercury.
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ESO Telescope captures extremely rare 'Space Butterfly'
Science | Aug 01, 2020, 09:12 AM ISTEuropean Southern Observatory's (ESO) has captured a mesmerizing photo of a gas bubble that looks like a butterfly. The bubble-identified as NGC 2899-has been never been captured with such details before.
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NASA postpones launch of James Webb Space Telescope to October 2021
Science | Jul 19, 2020, 09:01 AM ISTDue to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its drastic effects on the normal lives, NASA has pushed back the target for the launch of its next great space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, from March 2021 to October 2021.
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'Brightest yet gamma ray emission in space observed'
Science | Nov 21, 2019, 01:42 PM ISTThe researchers, including those from George Washington University in the US, detected a burst on January 14 labeled GRB 190114C which led to a collaborative effort to observe the radiation coming from the source using more than 20 observatories and instruments around the world.
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China's giant telescope picks up signals from deep space
World | Sep 09, 2019, 11:18 AM ISTScientists detected the signals with the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) and they are carefully cross-checking and processing them, according to researchers at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC).
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully assembled
Aug 29, 2019, 06:56 PM ISTOnce in space, the telescope will explore the cosmos, planets and moons within our solar system as well as the most ancient and distant galaxies using infrared light, NASA said on Wednesday.
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'Brain' of world's largest radio telescope designed. Here's all you need to know
May 13, 2019, 05:21 PM ISTScientists at Cambridge have finished designing the 'brain' of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world's largest radio telescope.
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NASA airborne telescope detects universe's 1st molecule
Apr 21, 2019, 08:35 AM ISTThe discovery serves as proof that helium hydride can, in fact, exist in space, said the scientists in a paper published in the journal Nature.
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Citizen scientists find new planet using NASA telescope
Jan 10, 2019, 05:28 PM ISTThe new world, known as K2-288Bb, could be rocky or could be a gas-rich planet similar to Neptune. Its size is rare among exoplanets -- planets beyond our solar system, according to the study published in the Astronomical Journal.
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'Telescope to detect cosmic X-rays launched from Antarctica'
Jan 03, 2019, 05:08 PM ISTThe X-Calibur instrument, launched by Washington University in the US from the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, is carried aloft on a helium balloon intended to reach an altitude of 130,000 feet.
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Planet-hunting Kepler telescope put to rest with final commands
Nov 17, 2018, 10:37 AM ISTThe Kepler space telescope has had a profound impact on our understanding of the number of worlds that exist beyond our solar system.
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NASA bids goodbye to planet-hunting Kepler space telescope
Oct 31, 2018, 02:32 PM ISTWorking in deep space for nine years, Kepler discovered planets from outside the solar system, many of which could be promising places for life.