The Best Space Telescope You Never Heard Of Just Shut Down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft . They told Gaia to shut ...
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ESA's Gaia space telescope retires—A look at its key milestones
The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially retired its Gaia spacecraft, after over ten years of data collection on our ...
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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...
Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends
The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...
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Astronomers just found a new treasure trove of galaxies. They could help answer our biggest questions.
The team behind Euclid, the European Space Agency telescope in question, has an ambitious goal: to understand the hidden forces glueing the cosmos together and tearing the universe apart.
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Hubble Telescope captures gorgeous new view of Milky Way's star-packed galactic neighbor (photo)
The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new view of one of our nearest galactic neighbors, which is full of ...
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The First Big Data Drop From the Euclid Space Telescope Unlocks a ‘Treasure Trove’ of Insights on the Universe’s Mysteries
The European Space Agency’s “dark universe detective” discovered millions of new galaxies and offers potential clues about ...
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European Space Agency launches competition to find its next commercial rocket by 2028
Other European launch companies likely to be in the mix include PLD Space of Spain, Skyrora from the United Kingdom, and ...
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Euclid space telescope unveils new images of galaxies billions of light years away
A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.
European telescope studying the dark universe unveils new images of distant galaxies
A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.
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First data from Euclid space telescope reveals 26 million galaxies — and another 1.4 billion are on the way
The Euclid space telescope has spotted 26 million galaxies in just one week of observations. The European Space Agency (ESA) ...
Webb telescope's new photo isn't just rare. It's psychedelic.
The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...