A rare look at NASA’s next sharp-eyed space telescope
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark ...
Astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action
Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes ...
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Infrared images reveal how black holes affect the space around them
Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.
The University of Chicago Chronicle20d
Wendy Freedman awarded National Medal of Science
“It has informed her work on other major advances in outer space discovery, including the Hubble Space and Giant Magellan telescopes, deepening our understanding of the universe.” Among her scientific ...
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A rare look at NASA’s next sharp-eyed space telescope
Astronomy leaders in the United States want to build two huge telescopes, the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope, the first covering the southern sky from Chile and the second ...
Max Planck Society10d
Zooming in on a supermassive black hole in action
such as the James Webb Space Telescope, as well as the future 25-metre Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and the upcoming 39-metre Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), both being built in Chile. This way, ...
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Industrial Complex Proposal Threatens Some of the World’s Clearest Skies for Astronomy
it is home to many current and planned telescopes, including Paranal, the Rubin Observatory (which hosts the world’s largest digital camera), and the under-construction Giant Magellan Telescope ...