Researchers propose guiding large space telescopes with tiny satellites
In the future, they could be used to stabilize telescopes studying exoplanets.
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Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble after gyroscope failure
The 28-year-old space observatory is currently in safe mode.
Researchers may have found the first signs of an exomoon
The Neptune-sized object is orbiting the star Kepler-1625.
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NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch until 2021
The fact that there is a launch date -- March 30, 2021 -- is good news.
The James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed for at least a year
NASA announced today that the the current target launch date is May 2020.
NASA’s Hubble successor may miss its launch window
The James Webb Space Telescope may not be ready by June 2019.
NASA pushes James Webb Space Telescope launch to Spring 2019
The integration of its spacecraft parts could delay liftoff by up to eight months.
The search for a habitable second Earth
We’ve never had a better chance of finding extraterrestrial life -- if it exists.
Listening to starlight: Our ongoing search for alien intelligence
If ET is out there, he's doing a great job hiding from us.
NASA will resume testing its Hubble successor this month
There's a lot more analysis to be done before the James Webb Space Telescope reaches the heavens.
NASA dominated space and social media in 2016
The space agency was a big winner despite funding woes.
NASA has completed the $8.7 billion James Webb space telescope
Hubble's successor is ready for testing ahead of the October, 2018 launch.
NASA observes possible water geysers on Europa
The observation appears to confirm earlier sightings of water spewing from Jupiter's moon.
Three Earth-sized planets exist in the Aquarius constellation
Astronomers will begin studying them further come May 4th.
