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SpaceX Secures Over $255 Million In Funding To Deploy Telescope To Study Dark Energy
Elon Musk's SpaceX has secured a deal for roughly $255 million to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, which will study the impacts of dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanet exploration. In 2026, NGRT will be launched at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. The telescope is named after Nancy Grace Roman, Nasa's first chief astronomer, who cleared the path for larger-scale space telescopes. … read-more
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China's Giant Sky Eye Telescope Receives 'Signals From Alien Life', Later Removes Report From Website
China's giant Sky Eye telescope has reportedly received signals from alien life. The world's largest radio telescope received electromagnetic signals which were reportedly different from the others captured. A state-backed Science and Technology Daily published the report, and soon after the news started taking tolls on social media, it was removed from the website. The Sky Eye telescope is located in China's southwestern Guizhou province,… read-more
Tags: China, Science, Sky Eye, telescope, Alien Life
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NASA Selects New Telescope To Study History Of Star Birth & Death
Considering the recent history of star birth, star death, and chemical element creation in the Milky Way, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen a new space telescope proposal out of 18 proposals. The new gamma-ray telescope is called Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI). The COSI is likely to be launched in 2025. Reportedly, the mission is excepted to cost more than $145 million.
Tags: Gamma ray, telescope, NASA, Milky way, cosi
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Oldest Hubble Telescope Revives Its Service
Hubble Space Telescope which is regarded as one of the oldest working telescopes revived its service again on July 16. Following a computer glitch, the telescope crashed for a month. NASA realised that the power control unit (PCU) which comes under Science Instrument Command and Data Handling (SIC&DH) unit was the main source of the problem. “Hubble is back!” said Tom Brown, head of the Hubble mission office.
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Mini Truck-Sized Asteroid '2021 GW4' Close Past Earth On April 12
A small truck-sized asteroid named '2021 GW4' close past the Earth on April 12. Travelling at a speed of 30,104 Km/h, the space rock passed from a distance of 26,200 Km from Earth. Besides, being at an altitude of 35,786 Km, the rock was within the ring of the artificial satellites orbit. The asteroid was discovered on April 8 using the Arizona’s Mt Lemmon-based 'Catalina Sky Survey'.
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Scientists Express Grief As Decades-Old Arecibo Radio Telescope Is Closed
The 1963 built, once world's largest radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico is on the brink of closure after the cables supporting a 900-tonne platform ripped apart. The US National Science Foundation (NSF), after analyzing the damage called for its permanent closure as the dangerous platform cannot be repaired. Since the news came out, the astronomical community have expressed their grief as the observatory did pioneering works and shaped… read-more
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