The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
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Best solar viewing gear 2025: Get prepared for the partial solar eclipse on March 29
With the upcoming partial solar eclipse on March 29, here are our top recommendations of solar viewing gear for getting the ...
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How a New Telescope Lens Could Rewrite the Rules of Astronomy
Here's how an innovative flat lens could solve these problems for satellites and space-based telescopes. Understanding ...
Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends
The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...
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European telescope studying the dark universe unveils new images of distant galaxies
NEW YORK (AP) — A European space telescope launched to explore the ... A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun The observatory, which blasted off in 2023 from Florida, is ...
Auroras Are Spotted on Neptune for the First Time, and Lead to a New Mystery
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...
Space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement' but legacy endures
Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...
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Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away
(AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas ... schedule A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun Venus passes between the Earth and sun this weekend — but ...