Neowin News Feed for: Telescope

Just a day after Voyager's resurrection NASA got into trouble with another iconic spacecraft

Martin Hodás — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:36:02 +0000

The Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode following an issue with a gyroscope. The spacecraft remains in good health, and NASA engineers are optimistic about its return to scientific observations. Read more...

TWIRL 44: One last delay for JWST, now set for Christmas Eve launch [Update]

Paul Hill — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 14:26:02 +0000

We've got an exciting week coming up in rocket launches because an Ariane 5 ECA+ will finally take the James Webb Space Telescope to space on Christmas Eve following 25 years of construction. Read more...

James Webb Telescope completes environmental testing ahead of 2021 launch

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 08:02:02 +0000

The largest and most powerful space science telescope was subjected to low and high-frequency vibrations to test it against the harsh conditions that it will face during launch next year. Read more...

Europe's telescopes can handle broadband satellite interference

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:28:01 +0000

A paper has looked at the expected effect of internet satellites on telescope astronomy. It said the issue is manageable and that the first and last hours of the night will be impacted most. Read more...

Slooh offers Its live telescope feeds of outer space to everyone for free

Stergios Georgopoulos — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:44:01 +0000

Previously only available to paying members, Slooh has now opened its live outer space feeds, which stream from telescopes on the Canary Islands and Chile, to anyone who signs up for a free account. Read more...

Telegram 4.0 released, bringing several major additions

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 May 2017 18:14:02 +0000

A major release of Telegram has been released. In version 4.0 of Telegram, bot vendors can integrate payments, all sites can use Instant View, and users can send video messages to others. Read more...

Want Periscope on Windows Phone? Meet Telescope, a third party alternative

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:30:05 +0000

A third party app is now available to offer Windows Phone users access to Periscope, a new live-streaming service from Twitter. Dubbed Telescope, the app is now freely available in the Store. Read more...

Herschel and Planck ready for dual launch

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:08:28 +0000

The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory and Planck space telescope have successfully completed their tests in Europe, and will be flown to the space port in Kourou, French Guiana this week, ready for their... Read more...

Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope

Tom Warren — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:15 +0000

Microsoft launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday. The free Web-based application allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed... Read more...

Roy Gould talks about the WorldWide Telescope

Steven Parker — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:56:13 +0000

Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens,... Read more...

Google Joins Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:45:43 +0000

Google has joined a group of nineteen universities and national labs that are building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Scheduled to begin operations in 2013, the 8.4-meter LSST will be able to survey the... Read more...

Telescope 7.7.0

Razvan Serea — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:16:18 +0000

Telescope is a metasearch engine for Windows, which automates web searching by combining results from several search engines. In addition to general web searching, it can access results from web directories, image search engines,... Read more...

Telescope Search 7.5.2

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:30:00 +0000

Hubble Telescope Instrument Out of Order

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:25:52 +0000

An instrument that helped the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope look at black holes, newly forming stars and far-off galaxies has broken down, and NASA said Monday it is looking at possible ways to fix it.... Read more...