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NASA approves five more years for Hubble Space Telescope
Posted in Science on 26th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
It will still be on the job when its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launches in 2018, giving astronomers a dual view of the universe.
Hubble Telescope clocks a faster rate of cosmic expansion
Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Universe may be expanding up to 9% faster than previously thought.
Kepler telescope discovers 100 Earth-sized planets
Posted in Science on 11th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
It has also detected nine small planets within so-called habitable zones, where conditions are favourable for liquid water, and potentially life.
Astronomers find planets stripped bare by their host stars' radiation
Posted in Science on 12th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of planets that have had their atmospheres stripped away by their host stars.
China is working on an incredible space telescope
Posted in Hardware on 12th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
The space telescope would have a 2+ meter diameter lens with a field of view 300 times that of the Hubble, while maintaining the same level of image resolution.