Shadowed By Controversy, NASA Won’t Rename New Space Telescope, NPR “We have found no evidence at this time that warrants changing the name of the James Webb Space Telescope,” says […]
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Hubble Is Still A Badass Telescope
WRT #Hubble issues: just because there’s little news from @NASA does not mean that all hope is lost. It is an old spacecraft and there are still many options that […]
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Beware Of Hungry Aliens The Next Time You Do SETI Research
Contacting aliens could end all life on earth. Let’s stop trying, Op Ed by Mark Buchanan, Washington Post “More alarming is the possibility that alien civilizations are remaining out of […]
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GAO On Webb: Things Are Getting Better, But …
James Webb Space Telescope: Project Nearing Completion, but Work to Resolve Challenges Continues “Since 2019, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project, one of […]
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NSF Video Of The Collapse Of The Arecibo Observatory
“This video, that starts with a view of the top of Tower 4, was taken from the vantage point of an Arecibo Observatory drone, utilized for monitoring the condition of […]
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Arecibo Observatory Will Be Torn Down
NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns “Following a review of engineering assessments that found damage to the Arecibo Observatory cannot be stabilized […]
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NASA OIG: Future Viability Of SOFIA Is Threatened
OIG: NASA’s Management of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Program “The lack of clear and achievable performance expectations and lack of concurrence between SMD and SOFIA management on science […]
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Report On Satellite Constellations' Impacts On Astronomy
Report Offers Roadmap to Mitigate Effects of Large Satellite Constellations on Astronomy, AAS “The report from the Satellite Constellations 1 (SATCON1) workshop, organized jointly by NSF’s NOIRLab and the American […]
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Webb Launch Delayed 7 Months Due To COVID-19
James Webb Space Telescope to launch in October 2021, ESA “The launch of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French […]
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The Breakthrough Listen Exotica Catalog
One Of Everything: The Breakthrough Listen Exotica Catalog “We present Breakthrough Listen’s “Exotica” Catalog as the centerpiece of our efforts to expand the diversity of targets surveyed in the Search […]