19 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...
28 March 2018
Woes for Webb as the space telescope is delayed again
... indeed. However, fast forward to 2017 and the Webb telescope is still Earth-bound. Nonetheless, given the size and ...the project goes beyond the $8 billion cost cap, the space telescope will have to be reauthorised by Congress and the potential for ...
09 October 2017
New telescope attachment helps find exoplanets
...atmospheres." With aims to maximise the utilisation of this technology, the research team is already establishing collaborations on other telescopes around the world. "Our goal is to equip the broader exoplanet community with low-cost precision tools...
16 July 2018
Science begins with South Africa's super radio telescope
... President Mr David Mabuza unveiled MeerKAT, a set of 64 telescopes that has already joined the ranks of the world’s great ... gas and dust, making it invisible from Earth using ordinary telescopes. However, some light does get through - light at very ...
December 2014
Finding NEO
... two thirds of PHAs larger than 140m. Another proposed space-based survey, Sentinel, would place a 0.5-metre telescope into an orbit similar to that of Venus. Sentinel is anticipated to be capable of detecting 90 per cent of NEOs larger than 140m...
22 November 2017
JWST completes crucial cryogenic test
... complete thermal vacuum testing for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST); confirming that the soon-to-be-launched observatory is ...would normally be obscured from our eyes. The Webb telescope is thus hoping to unravel some of the greatest mysteries...
