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Hubble Telescope bounces back with glorious galaxy pic in ‘1-gyroscope mode’

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The Hubble Space Telescope is back in action, having returned to science operations but now with just one operating gyroscope. And to ...

The Hubble telescope has shifted into one-gyro mode after months of technical issues − an aerospace engineering expert explains

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Imagine keeping a laser beam trained on a dime that’s 200 miles away. Now imagine doing that continuously for 24 hours, while ...

Hubble Telescope shares stunning galactic view despite recent hardware malfunction (photo)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The aging but tenacious Hubble Space Telescope has beamed back yet another stunning photo of a distant galaxy. Hubble‘s latest view captures ...

Hubble Revisits a Strange Star’s 40-Year Nova Mystery

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Dr. Sarah Adams

This artist’s concept shows the nova system HM Sagittae (HM Sge), where a white dwarf star is pulling material from its red ...

Hubble Space Telescope faces setback, but should work for years, NASA says

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope temporarily pauses observations after malfunction

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has temporarily stopped observing the cosmos. NASA said the telescope slipped into a ...

NASA will give a Hubble Telescope status update on June 4. Should we be worried?

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Dr. Sarah Adams

We’ll get an update about NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope tomorrow (June 4), and it could be a pretty big deal. On June ...

The future is bright for astronomy, and very expensive (op-ed)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Astronomy has a bright future. The universe is being revealed in exquisite detail with the current generation of large optical telescopes, reaching ...

A billionaire hopes to upgrade the Hubble Telescope on a private SpaceX mission, but could it really happen?

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA’s iconic Hubble observatory still has years of life left in it, and there are ideas in the works to perhaps keep ...

NASA Doesn’t Want Random Billionaires Messing Up The Hubble Space Telescope

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Billionaires are having a moment with space right now. Elon Musk with SpaceX, Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin, even Richard Branson with ...