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France’s COROT Satellite Is a New Kind of Space Telescope
This is the second article in our examination of the newly-emerging science of exoplanet detection and study. Last week, we took a look at NASA’s Kepler telescope, which recently completed its first impressive year of service. (That article is still … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Planets
Tagged asteroseismology, COROT, COROT Space Telescope, ESA, exoplanets, satellite, stars, telescopes
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WISE Opens Its Eyes and Gives Us a New Window on the Universe
On December 29, 2009, the world got a new window on the cosmos. That was the day that NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), in orbit around Earth, shed its protective cover and began its mission: compiling the most complete … Continue reading
Posted in Asteroids, Astronomy, Comets
Tagged brown dwarfs, NASA, Near Earth Objects, NEOs, stars, WISE telescope
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Study of the Sun to Take a Leap Forward in 2010
The study of the Sun has long been an important part of astronomy and the recent successful launch of the Sunrise Telescope helped to move this forward by producing stunning images of the Sun’s surface. The Sunrise Telescope is launched … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Sun
Tagged Living With a Star, LWS, NASA, SDO, stars, Sunrise telescope, telescopes
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NASA’s WISE Telescope Aims to Identify New Asteroids
A number of objects can be seen in the night sky using only the naked eye and many more can be identified using a simple telescope. Observing the night sky has now been practiced for centuries and as technology has … Continue reading
Posted in Asteroids, Astronomy, Comets, Planets
Tagged brown dwarfs, NASA, Near Earth Objects, NEOs, red dwarfs, stars, telescopes, WISE telescope
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Hubble Telescope Upgrade
The Hubble Space telescope’s newest camera is already filling in gaps in astronomers’ understanding of events previously too distant and remote to be studied accurately. The Wide Field Camera 3, or WFC3, was installed in May of this year and … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Bang, galaxies, galaxy, hubble telescope, stars, telescopes, WFC3
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