Hubble space telescope articles
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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Resumes Scientific Mission, But TESS' Exoplanet-Hunting in Limbo
NASA has finally restored the Hubble Space Telescope, but TESS is still in limbo. NASA has finally restored the Hubble Space Telescope and has continued its scientific operations in deep space after it entered safe mode for a week.
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NASA pauses $16 billion Hubble space telescope that pinned down age of the universe due to 'glitch'
The Hubble Space Telescope has paused operations because of a mechanical issue. One of its gyroscopes, which stabilizes the craft, has been sending back faulty readings.
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Why a James Webb Space Telescope mystery doesn't (necessarily) break cosmology
On Christmas Day, 2021, an Ariane 5 rocket leaped from its launch pad in French Guiana. Perched on the rocket’s nose was the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST was designed to perform several tasks, but one of the most important was to study the first stars and galaxies to come into existence. The telescope has performed magnificently; however, some troubling observations have been reported. When the JWST took its first look at the sky, it seemed to have found galaxies...