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Mission Afterthought

Posted on January 1, 2024 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti Different space missions have different goals. The scripting of operations is done accordingly. For example, the Hubble Space Telescope had the goal of looking at different parts of  the sky and capturing images of the stars … Continue reading →

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From Hubble to the Webb Space Telescope

Posted on August 8, 2022 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti The first pictures from the James Webb telescope were released recently. The prize comes after decades of hard work by thousands of scientists and engineers and billions of dollars of cost overruns. In the end it … Continue reading →

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Hubble Sees Summertime on Saturn

Posted on August 17, 2020 by ST Editors

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn on July 4, 2020. Two of Saturn’s icy moons are clearly visible in this exposure: Mimas at right, and Enceladus at bottom. This image is taken as part of the Outer … Continue reading →

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Saving Hubble – Feb. 9, 2016 Lecture

Posted on January 30, 2016 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The February meeting will be held on the 9th at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The talk will be by award-winning filmmaker David Gaynes regarding his documentary film “Saving Hubble”. … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on May 3, 2014 by ST Editors

compiled by Surabhi Agarwal Hubble view: A hungry starburst galaxy Source: NASA; Published: Friday, May 2, 2014 in Science Daily A new Hubble picture is the sharpest ever image of the core of spiral galaxy Messier 61. Taken using the … Continue reading →

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