great observatories program
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NASA Releases Ridiculously Sharp Webb Space Telescope Images
The space agency released images from the telescope that put Webb’s progress on dazzling display.
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Hubble Space Telescope Is Back
NASA was able to bring Hubble Space Telescope’s backup payload computer online, according to a Twitter post from the telescope’s social media team. The announcement will bring a sigh of relief to space lovers, following a month of anxiety over whether the ageing technology could be resuscitated at all after it slipped into a non-operational…
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Ageing Hubble Space Telescope in Safe Mode Following Computer Glitch
A critically important computer aboard Hubble has glitched out, causing the space telescope to enter into safe mode. An operations team is now scrambling to resolve the issue.