Experts from the US, it remains only to conduct the final test of efficiency. Telescope “James Webb” is an infrared Observatory, to replace the orbiting telescope “Hubble”. Composite mirror system includes 18 hexagonal mirrors with a diameter of 6.5 meters (one piece mirror of Hubble is 2.4 meters). To place …
Read More »The Arecibo telescope had caught the strange signals from space
Astronomers have discovered signals from stars that are hundreds of times fainter than the Sun. Scientists from Puerto Rico said that they found “strange signals” coming from small, dim stars located at a distance of about 11 light-years from Earth. Researchers have recorded mysterious signals 12 may with a telescope …
Read More »China launched its first telescope for observing black holes
Black holes are science of great interest. Thursday June 15, China launched its first space x-ray telescope for observing black holes, pulsars and gamma ray bursts. The 2.5-tonne x-ray telescope Insight was launched into orbit with altitude of 550 kilometers. First, China’s apparatus of this type put into orbit by …
Read More »Began construction of the largest telescope in the world
In Chile, began construction of the world’s largest telescope EELT with a rotating dome.The cost of the device – about $ 1 billion. The telescope is five segmented mirrors. The area of the dome exceeds the size of a football field. The start of the construction given by the President …
Read More »In the depths of space: neverojatnye pictures of space from the Hubble telescope. Photo
Hubble continues to amaze us with great pictures of the distant cosmos. 27 years ago, April 24, 1990, in orbit around the Earth was launched the Hubble space telescope. We offer a small collection of photographs taken of this automatic Observatory.20 stunning photos of the cosmos from the Hubble telescope …
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