06 May 2016
Accurate mass of supermassive black hole calculated by astronomers using ALMA
... can map out the rotation of gas discs in galaxy centres with even sharper resolution than the Hubble Space Telescope," noted UCI graduate student Benjamin Boizelle, a co-author on the study. "This observation demonstrates a technique that can...
22 September 2021
Telescope built by Karoo locals releases data to astronomers around the world
... them understand how it happened. “Even the most powerful optical and infra-red space telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or its upcoming successor, the James Webb Space Telescope won’t be able to look that far back in time. That is one of the...
20 March 2019
Webb telescope partly blamed for WFIRST funding cut
...“on schedule to an on budget launch. All of the technologies are ready to go.” Designed with the sensitivity of the Hubble Space Telescope but 100 times the field of view, “WFIRST will characterize extrasolar planets, advance planet imaging, discover...
31 August 2016
Record-breaking galaxy cluster discovered
... result is based on data from a large group of observatories in space and on the ground including Chandra, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope, ESA's XMM-Newton and Herschel Space Observatory, the NSF's Karl G. Jansky Very Large...
20 August 2018
Galaxy should be teeming with water-worlds say researchers
... very difficult with current ground-based and space-bourne telescopes. However with the impending launch of the James Webb Space Telescope – the successor to the Hubble space telescope – in 2021, their task will hopefully be made considerably...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
... a satellite of Jupiter which is 8.6 km in diameter, has an absolute magnitude of 21 and the visible light limit of the Hubble Space Telescope is 32. The angular speed of movement can reach 20-50 degrees per second. In recent years, the MASTER system...
