WorldWide Telescope is Microsoft's answer to Google Sky, the online virtual telescope the search giant unveiled last year. Powered by a mix of software and Web 2.0 services created with Microsoft's ...

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MADISON — Five years after breaking ground on a South African mountaintop near the edge of the Kalahari desert, astronomers today (Sept. 1, 2005) released the first images captured by the Southern ...

Hubble's origins stretch back to the late 1970s when engineers began grinding a 2.4-meter mirror destined for the iconic telescope. While that mirror needed some adjustments to see clearly, Hubble is ...

The Hubble Space Telescope recently suffered a glitch that made it go into safe mode, so it has not been collecting new science data since November 23. But on Friday, December 8, NASA will attempt to ...

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- American Public University System (APUS) is over the moon to announce its 24-inch research grade telescope at the Dr. Wallace E. Boston Observatory ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar ...

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