NASA telescope will burn up in atmosphere, debris may reach Earth
Tengrinews.kz - NASA's space telescope is set to burn up in Earth's atmosphere in early November, and some debris may reach our planet, according
World's fastest supercomputer entirely made in China
China has built the world's fastest supercomputer using locally made microchips without using US technology.
Most powerful space telescope ever to launch in 2018
As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 25 years in space this week, NASA and its international partners are building an even more powerful tool.
Chile hilltop razed for world's largest telescope
Construction on the world's largest optical telescope began with a bang, as workers demolished a hilltop in Chile's Atacama desert.
When stars explode, it's a messy business
When stars explode, it's a messy business. But the massive blasts are also useful, seeding the universe with such key elements as calcium, iron and titanium.
Elements come together for next big telescope: NASA
All the pieces of the most powerful space telescope ever are ready for assembly at NASA.
Kazakhstan astronomers to help build unique telescope
Kazakhstan astronomers will take part in the Ultraviolet international project of the World Space Observatory.
Japan's new rocket blasts off in laptop-controlled launch
Japan's new solid-fuel rocket blasted off Saturday carrying a telescope for remote observation of planets in a launch coordinated from a laptop computer-based command centre.
Australia switches on telescope to explore universe origins
Australia took a major step towards the ambitious Square Kilometre Array (SKA) astronomy project with the switching on Tuesday of a test telescope to explore the origins of the universe.
New technique finetunes quest for life on other worlds
European astronomers said on Friday they had devised a technique to detect water in the atmosphere of planets orbiting other stars.
World's largest ground-based space array to open in Chile
In a super-arid desert at an altitude of 5,000 meters, with almost no humidity or vegetation, the world's largest ground-based astronomy project opens for business Wednesday ready to probe the universe with unprecedented might.
Scientists spot birth of giant planet
Astronomers using a powerful telescope in southern Chile have captured the first direct image of a protoplanet forming around another star, still embedded in thick gas and dust.
Australian observatory survives wildfire
Telescopes at a global astronomy research hub appear to have survived a devastating Australian bushfire that destroyed nearby homes and damaged several buildings on the site.
Hubble plumbs the universe, yields images of early galaxies
The Hubble Space Telescope is giving scientists a look at the oldest galaxies ever seen, dating back some 13.3 billion years -- providing a glimpse into how the cosmos must have looked right after the Big Bang.
Giant Chile telescope spots unique spiral structure
Astronomers using a powerful Chile-based telescope on Wednesday released a rare image of a spiral shell of cosmic dust and gas surrounding a red giant star.
Ancient star retains oddly youthful glow
Scientists using a high-powered telescope in Chile have discovered an ancient star that seems oddly impervious to aging.
World's largest 'Cherenkov' telecope launched in Namibia
The huge "Cherenkov" telescope, the size of two lawn tennis courts and the biggest of its kind, has started to capture cosmic rays from its base in Namibia.
Kazakhstan to rent Russian equivalent of Hubble telescope
Kazakhstan will rent Russian telescope Spektr-UF to be launched in space in 2016.