- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 26th, 2014
Come November 28, Mars Is In For a Global Shout-Out from Earth
This coming Friday, nearly 90,000 messages will be beamed from Earth to the Red Planet with the help of radio telescopes
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 19th, 2014
Watch: Here Is How Exoplanets Are Discovered
Exoplanets are celestial bodies that orbit stars other than the Sun
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 14th, 2014
Final Two Candidate Sites for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Selected
The telescope should have found a home by the end of 2013
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 19th, 2014
DLR Hopeful NASA Will Continue Involvement with SOFIA
The German agency says that the project is too important to let go
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 10th, 2014
Planet-Hunting Telescope Turns 5 in Earth's Orbit
Kepler found more than half of all exoplanets known to date
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 26th, 2014
ESA Selects PLATO Planet Hunter Telescope for 2024 Launch
The telescope array will study around one million stars
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 25th, 2014
James Webb Telescopes Passes Critical Development Milestone
The spacecraft remains on track for a launch date beyond 2018
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 6th, 2014
WISE Telescope Returns to Active Duty in New Mission
The spacecraft is now called NEOWISE and has new mission parameters
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 27th, 2013
James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Starts Launch Testing
This protective layer is one of the most complex ever designed
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 18th, 2013
Gaia's Flight Path and Data Collection Pattern Revealed – Video
ESA is getting ready to launch the telescope on December 19
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 18th, 2013
All JWST Mirror Segments Delivered to Goddard
The components are currently being inspected for damage
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 17th, 2013
Gaia Space Telescope Moves to Its Launch Pad
Takeoff is currently scheduled to occur later this week
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 10th, 2013
Ghostly Nebula Imaged in the Orion Constellation
The photo was collected with a very small telescope in Australia
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 9th, 2013
Membrane Optics Foldable Telescope Concept Showcased – Video
This is the first time such a configuration has been demonstrated
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 30th, 2013
Planet Hunting Should Be More Conservative, Experts Say
Telescopes are currently searching for new world indiscriminately
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 28th, 2013
Massive Athena+ X-ray Telescope Gets Greenlit at ESA
This will be the future flagship mission for high-energy astronomy
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 27th, 2013
Core of Future Flagship Telescope Completes Cryogenic Tests at NASA
This module will hold everything else in place, experts say