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Novel Project Enables Visually Impaired to Explore Dust-Enshrouded Stars through Touch

A project at the University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory, which enables the visually impaired to almost literally touch the stars, will take flight May 5 and 7 aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.

5 May 2014

Critical Hubble Space Telescope Instruments on Display at Smithsonian Museum

Two instruments that played critical roles in discoveries made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope now are on display in an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

25 Apr 2014

STFC Awards University of Manchester over £6 Million Funding for International SKA Radio Telescope Design Work

The University of Manchester has been awarded more than £6 million towards its part in the design work for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope.

16 Apr 2014

New Near Infrared Camera Successfully Integrated into James Webb Space Telescope

Lockheed Martin and the University of Arizona have delivered the primary imaging instrument of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The new Near Infrared Camera, or NIRCam, has been successfully integrated within the heart of the telescope, known as the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM).

10 Apr 2014

NIRSpec Instrument Installed Inside ISIM Heart of James Webb Space Telescope

The last piece of the James Webb Space Telescope's heart was installed inside the world's largest clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

9 Apr 2014

NASA Solicits Potential Partners for Using Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Aircraft

NASA issued a Request for Information (RFI) Monday soliciting potential partners interested in using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft for scientific investigations or for other potential uses.

2 Apr 2014

James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors Have a Complicated Anatomy

When you think of a mirror, there really isn't that much needed to describe it, but when you look at a mirror that will fly aboard NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope, there's a lot to the anatomy of a mirror.

24 Mar 2014

NASA Creates Special Gallery on Saturn

Arguably the most photogenic planet in the solar system, Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet after Jupiter. With its luminous striped surface and stunning ring system, the planet is a wonder to view, especially from orbit, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft has demonstrated since arriving at the Saturn system in 2004.

17 Mar 2014

Southampton Scientist to Support Design of Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope Project

A scientist from the University of Southampton will be helping to design and build the world’s largest telescope.

14 Mar 2014

Yellow Hypergiant Star Spotted Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), Olivier Chesneau (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice, France) and an international team of collaborators have found that the yellow hypergiant star HR 5171 A is absolutely huge — 1300 times the diameter of the Sun and much bigger than was expected. This makes it the largest yellow star known. It is also in the top ten of the largest stars known — 50% larger than the famous red supergiant Betelgeuse — and about one million times brighter than the Sun.

13 Mar 2014

Telescopes News

Novel Project Enables Visually Impaired to Explore Dust-Enshrouded Stars through Touch

Critical Hubble Space Telescope Instruments on Display at Smithsonian Museum

STFC Awards University of Manchester over £6 Million Funding for International SKA Radio Telescope Design Work

New Near Infrared Camera Successfully Integrated into James Webb Space Telescope

NIRSpec Instrument Installed Inside ISIM Heart of James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Solicits Potential Partners for Using Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Aircraft

James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors Have a Complicated Anatomy

NASA Creates Special Gallery on Saturn

Southampton Scientist to Support Design of Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope Project

Yellow Hypergiant Star Spotted Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer

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