Tagged: telescope

China’s Huge FAST Telescope To Open To International Observers

Radio astronomy suffered a blow in late 2020 when the legendary Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico – damaged by recent hurricanes – became non-functional. The National Science Foundation had just announced in November 2020, that Arecibo would be dismantled. Then, on December 1, all hopes...

NASA’s Hubble telescope spots rare pair of blazing double quasars

Folks, that’s a whopping four quasars. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is offering yet more insightful images from the cosmos. It captured two quasars that look fairly close together, from a pair of merging galaxies — and then discovered a second set, according to findings published...

The best Hubble Space Telescope images of all time!

Happy birthday, Hubble! To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30th anniversary, we’ve picked our favorite images from the iconic deep-space observatory. From colorful nebulas to interacting galaxies, Hubble has imaged so many gorgeous things in space that it was hard to choose our favorites! The...