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At the end of large engineering projects, the design team is typically asked to develop a document, in some cases…
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Almost every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole churning away at its core. In most cases, these black holes…
JWST's primary mirror consists of 18 individual segments, each of which can be moved on 6 different axes of freedom.…
Calculating the distance to far-away objects, such as galaxy clusters and quasars, is difficult. But it is also critical to…
The Hubble Space Telescope has experienced ongoing problems with one of its three remaining gyroscopes, so NASA has decided to…
The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is like a gift that keeps on giving. Not only is it still making astronomical…
In 2013, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted water vapour on Jupiter's moon Europa. The vapour was evidence of plumes similar…
Astronomers have been observing Saturn with the Hubble Space Telescope and several other spacecraft for decades and have noticed something…