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How They Fixed The Hubble
11:48PM Jesus Diaz | Hubble is alive—and delivering amazing images—after the successful mission that fixed it — arguably the most difficult in the history of the shuttle program. Today, PBS’ Nova tells all about it in the Hubble’s Amazing Rescue. Here’s the teaser. [PBS]
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Astronomers And The Air Force Face Off Over Lasers
5:20PM Rosa Golijan | Astronomers are arguing with the Air Force over being allowed to use lasers pointed at the sky to adjust telescopes. The Air Force fears that satellites could be accidentally blinded while astronomers are concerned about missing significant heavenly observations. More »
Design
What Will The New And Improved Hubble Discover Next?
6:00AM Adam Frucci | The newly-repaired Hubble has begun sending back some pretty extraordinary pictures. But what if it sends back some more…surprising photos? For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to create just that. More »
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Robots Sent To Stargaze In Very Worst Place On Earth For Humans
11:40AM Rosa Golijan | Astronomers are rejoicing that they’ve found the best place on earth for astronomical observation. The only problem? It also happens to be the “very worst place on the surface of the planet for humans”. Whoops. Send in the Robots. More »
Cameras
8:00AM Sean Fallon | Developed by British scientists for the VLT (very large telescope), the CCD200 detector is the world’s fastest and most sensitive astronomical camera—capable of shooting an astonishing 1500 images per second. More »
World’s Fastest And Most Sensitive Astronomical Camera Shoots 1500 Images Per Second
8:00AM Sean Fallon | Developed by British scientists for the VLT (very large telescope), the CCD200 detector is the world’s fastest and most sensitive astronomical camera—capable of shooting an astonishing 1500 images per second. More »
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‘Free-Floating’ Black Hole Responsible For One of Hubble’s Big Discoveries?
4:45AM Jack Loftus | Get Me Off This Rock is a distant memory by now, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t bring you word that one of space’s most mysterious phenomena is one step closer to being solved. More »
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Good Luck, Hubble
2:30AM Jack Loftus | There she goes. The Hubble space telescope, drifting away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis after her final servicing mission last week. May her new, improved instruments deliver more incredible imagery from the cosmos. [NASA] More »
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Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh
8:11PM John Herrman | NASA’s latest Hubble repair mission was—even as orbital repair missions go—a tough one. It’s great news, then, that they’ve finished repairing the rickety old telescope, which they’ll release this morning. So they celebrated. More »
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Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
9:56PM John Herrman | It’s difficult to imagine a more epic scene, but this photo has modest origins: amateur Astronomer Thierry Legault shot it with nothing but his own telescope, a solar prism and a Canon 5D Mk II.
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