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James Webb: Two years to Hubble successor's launch
Posted in Science on 4th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
Engineers have finished assembling the telescope that will succeed Hubble.

NASA's New 'Intruder Alert' System Spots An Incoming Asteroid
Posted in Science on 31st Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
It's constantly scanning data from telescopes to see if there are any reports of so-called Near Earth Objects.

Scientists Just Launched a Breakthrough Initiative to Find Intelligent Alien Life
Posted in Science on 16th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
The FAST observatory will seek out extraterrestrial life with the world's largest radio telescopes.

The Observable Universe has 2 trillion galaxies which is 10x more than previous estimates
Posted in Science on 14th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
The remaining 90% will be only seen once bigger and better telescopes are developed.

WFIRST space telescope will use Gravitational microlensing to survey exoplanets
Posted in Science on 9th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
This will lead to a statistical census of exoplanets with masses greater than a tenth of the Earth's mass.