telescopes
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Hubble Scientists Develop Software Fix for Satellite Streaks in Images
The Hubble Space Telescope images the cosmos from low Earth orbit, but an abundance of artificial satellites circle the planet at higher altitudes. That’s become an irritation in recent years, as the thousands of devices leave bright streaks in Hubble imagery.
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Webb Telescope Spectrograph Suffers Software Glitch
NASA says the Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph is currently unavailable for science operations following a software glitch earlier this month.
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Webb Space Telescope Images Mars for the First Time
The Webb Space Telescope has amazed us with pictures of distant galaxies and glittering nebulae, but now it’s returned its first images of our solar system neighbour Mars. The newly released data comes from the telescope’s infrared instruments and provides scientists with information about Mars’ surface and atmospheric composition.
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Planned Giant Telescope Gets a Huge Influx of Cash
The group building the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile has secured a $US205 ($285) million investment that will help push construction of the massive instrument over the finish line. The money will go toward the facility that will house the telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory high in Chile’s Atacama Desert.