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NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected?

The final integration of the telescope's major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA's Goddard Space ...

Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says

Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...

Satellite constellations may ruin up to 96% of astronomy pictures even from telescopes in space

NASA's report, published in Nature, predicts that around 40% of all Hubble images will have at least one satellite streak in ...
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been built—all set to unlock new secrets of the universe

The final milestone in construction was reached on November 25, as technicians carefully joined the giant telescope's inner ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

More Than 500,000 Satellites Are Set to Orbit Earth by 2040. They May End Up Photobombing the Images Captured by Space Telescopes

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters ...

Satellite boom is a 'growing threat' to space telescopes: NASA study

A new NASA-led study found that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from ...
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Astronomers spot a brown dwarf and huge exoplanet in Subaru telescope’s first discoveries

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope discover an exoplanet and a brown dwarf, offering new insights and a key target for NASA’s upcoming Roman Telescope ...

NASA study shows how satellite 'light pollution' hinders space telescopes

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications ...

4K View Of Neptune Via James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared camera (NIRCam) captured stunning imagery of Neptune. It is the "clearest view ...
The Economist

Surging satellite numbers threaten to dazzle even space telescopes

Starlink is growing fast, and SpaceX has filed paperwork for as many as 42,000 satellites. Others such as OneWeb, Amazon, ...
Albuquerque Journal

UNM-Taos hopes telescope program will connect students to space, STEM fields

Growing up in central England during the heyday of NASA's Apollo program, Colin Nicholls dreamed of one day going to space ...
Scientific American

Satellites Swarming Low-Earth Orbit Threaten Space Telescopes

Proliferating satellites are beginning to harm the science work of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories ...