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Satellite Captures Rare View of Hubble Space Telescope on its 36th Birthday https://petapixel.com/2026/04/28/satellite-captures-rare-view-of-hubble-space-telescope-on-its-36th-birthday/ #nancygraceromanspacetelescope #spacetelescope #satellite #hubble #Space #NASA

Roman, Hubble’s 300-Megapixel Successor, Will Map the Universe https://petapixel.com/2026/04/22/roman-hubbles-300-megapixel-successor-will-map-the-universe/ #nancygraceromanspacetelescope #spacetelescope #astrophysics #darkenergy #darkmatter #astronomy #telescope #universe #hubble #Space #NGRST #roman #News #NASA

Ever wondered, where exactly is Gaia 17bpi??

Welp, Spitzer has you covered!

Located in our #constellation of the month Sagitta, Gaia 17bpi is a young star that nom nommed (that's the technical term, I'm sure) some of the matter around it, causing the star to brighten.

Gaia 17bpi is a member of the FU Orionis class of stars (as an aside: FU orion *is* a thing I think, but that's not what it means here... you can find out more about that on our #orion #mythology pod here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/orion-myths-and-retconstellations/)

For more on the #astronomy of the #constellation Sagitta, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/

📷 /more info: https://science.nasa.gov/universe/stars/growth-spurt-for-a-young-star/

#astrophotograhpy #space #science #AstroDon #StarLore #Sagitta #NASA #Spitzer #SpaceTelescope

#SciAM:
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Inside NASA’s audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope

NASA’s Swift space telescope is doomed to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. A daring mission to boost it to safety could have big implications for science
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-nasas-audacious-plan-to-save-a-doomed-space-telescope/

26.3.2026

#astronomy #Astronomie #Katalyst #KatalystSpaceTechnologies #NASA #Pegasus #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceTelescope #Swift #Weltraumteleskop

#SciAM:
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Inside NASA’s audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope

NASA’s Swift space telescope is doomed to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. A daring mission to boost it to safety could have big implications for science
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-nasas-audacious-plan-to-save-a-doomed-space-telescope/

26.3.2026

#astronomy #Astronomie #Katalyst #KatalystSpaceTechnologies #NASA #Pegasus #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceTelescope #Swift #Weltraumteleskop

#SciAM:
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Inside NASA’s audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope

NASA’s Swift space telescope is doomed to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. A daring mission to boost it to safety could have big implications for science
"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-nasas-audacious-plan-to-save-a-doomed-space-telescope/

26.3.2026

#astronomy #Astronomie #Katalyst #KatalystSpaceTechnologies #NASA #Pegasus #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceTelescope #Swift #Weltraumteleskop

#SciAM:
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Inside NASA’s audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope

NASA’s Swift space telescope is doomed to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. A daring mission to boost it to safety could have big implications for science
"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-nasas-audacious-plan-to-save-a-doomed-space-telescope/

26.3.2026

#astronomy #Astronomie #Katalyst #KatalystSpaceTechnologies #NASA #Pegasus #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceTelescope #Swift #Weltraumteleskop

#SciAM:
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Inside NASA’s audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope

NASA’s Swift space telescope is doomed to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. A daring mission to boost it to safety could have big implications for science
"
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-nasas-audacious-plan-to-save-a-doomed-space-telescope/

26.3.2026

#astronomy #Astronomie #Katalyst #KatalystSpaceTechnologies #NASA #Pegasus #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceTelescope #Swift #Weltraumteleskop

NASA's #SPHEREx to capture first all-sky spectral survey and explore Universe's origins: https://zorz.it/sABdE

#JeremyGray #SpectralSurvey #astronomy #astrophysics #galaxy #Universe #science #NASA #SpaceTelescope

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NASA Just Mapped the Entire Sky in 102 Infrared Colors and Scientists Say it Could Explain How the Universe Began

NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #infrared #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #NASA #Science #SpaceTelescope #SPHEREx
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/359301/

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Will Explore Billions of Galaxies With 288MP Camera https://petapixel.com/2025/12/17/nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-will-explore-billions-of-galaxies-with-288mp-camera/ #nancygraceromanspacetelescope #spacetelescope #milkwaygalaxy #darkenergy #darkmatter #astronomy #blackhole #telescope #science #hubble #Space #roman #space #News #NASA

#nature:
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Satellite swarms set to photobomb more than 95% of some telescopes’ images

Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03953-1

pdf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09759-5.pdf

3.12.2025

#ARRAKIHS #astronomy #Astronomie #Cinnamon937 #Guangwang #HST #Hubble #OneWebP2 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #Semaphore #SpaceFlight #spacetelescope #SPHEREx #Starlink #Weltraumteleskop #Xuntian

Has dark matter finally been seen? New study detects mysterious galactic glow

Published on 27/11/2025 – 12:16 GMT+1 A new study from the University of Tokyo claims that NASA’s Fermi…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Physics #Darkmatter #NASA #Science #spaceresearch #SpaceTelescope
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/319579/

#TRAPPIST1 is just 40 light-years away from #Earth, it consists of seven rocky #planets 🪐. #TRAPPIST1e could have a secondary atmosphere 💨. The #JamesWebb #SpaceTelescope is to observe 🔭 further transits in the coming years https://www.heise.de/en/news/Exoplanet-Earth-like-atmosphere-still-possible-after-analysis-of-TRAPPIST-1e-10637811.html

#Roman has the high sensitivity to measure the physical properties, compositions, and orbital trajectories of #NEOs ☄️ in order to understand their physical nature and potential #hazards to Earth. Roman's #PlanetaryDefense capabilities complement those of the operational ground-based @VRubinObs 🔭 and the upcoming #space-based 🌌 #NEOSurveyor https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14412

🚀 October 2026 - May 2027 https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6983

#AsteroidThreat #SpaceTelescope #RomanSpaceTelescope

NASA is Taking Suggestions for Raising Swift’s Orbit https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/nasa-is-taking-suggestions-for-raising-swifts-orbit/ #spacetelescope #orbitaldrag #Space #nasa

NASA is Taking Suggestions for Raising Swift’s Orbit - Launched in 2004, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory – formerly the Swift Gamma-Ra... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/nasa-is-taking-suggestions-for-raising-swifts-orbit/ #spacetelescope #orbitaldrag #space #nasa

Webb Captures Gorgeous Photo of ‘Einstein Ring’ https://petapixel.com/2025/04/01/webb-captures-gorgeous-photo-of-einstein-ring/ #jameswebbspacetelescope #spacetelescope #einsteinring #astronomy #science #euclid #Space #space #News #jwst #NASA #webb #csa #esa

Sombrero galaxy: Hubble+Spitzer VS JWST

Credits
1) NASA/JPL-Caltech and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
2) NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

Sources
1) https://esahubble.org/images/opo0328b/
2) https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/137/01JCGK31M1TXEW8T7PEHHVDDC9

#Sombrero #galaxy #Hubble #Spitzer #HST #JWST #Webb #space #telescope #spacetelescope #science #Astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #astronomy #infrared

in the #arXiv

The Tale of Two Telescopes: How Hubble Uniquely Complements the James Webb Space Telescope: Galaxies

by Rogier A. Windhorst and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01187

#Hubble #HST #JWST #space #telescope #spacetelescope #Webb #galaxies #galaxycluster #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #cosmology #science #STEM #technology #HubbleSpaceTelescope

Chandra X-ray Observatory Threatened by Budget Cuts https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/chandra-x-ray-observatory-threatened-by-budget-cuts/ #ChandraX-rayObservatory #spacetelescope #CurrentEvents #Featured #Chandra #Space #nasa

Chandra X-ray Observatory Threatened by Budget Cuts - Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in July of 1999, the Chandra X-ray Obse... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/chandra-x-ray-observatory-threatened-by-budget-cuts/ #chandrax-rayobservatory #spacetelescope #currentevents #featured #chandra #space #nasa

🤗 Esra Bulbul, leader of the #MPE #Cluster and #Cosmology Group, who just released their catalogs and results in the #CosmologySplash, was featured as #PhysikerinDerWoche by Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V. (DPG)!
The photo shows here in front of a model of the #eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope.
https://www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigungen/fachuebergreifend/ak/akc/publikationen/physikerin-der-woche/physikerin-der-woche-2024

JWST is most in-demand telescope ever - leaving many astronomers in the cold

Reviewers will likely approve only one in every nine research proposals submitted in latest application cycle. #JWSTCycle3

https://nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00315-1

#JWST #NASA #Webb #NASAWebb #ESA #ESAWebb #space #teslescope #spacetelescope #observatory #science #research #proposal #reviewers #ALMA #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #news #naturenews #article #STScI

Less than 24 hours until #erositadr1, the first data release of the #eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope!
With ~ 900.000 distinct sources, the first #AllSkySurvey #eRASS1 has yielded the largest X-ray catalogue ever! Get ready for supermassive #blackholes, X-ray emitting stars in our #Milkyway, clusters of galaxies, X-ray emitting #BinaryStars, #SupernovaRemnants, #Pulsars, and other objects - And about 50 new publications from the German eROSITA consortium!

⚠ Tomorrow, January 31, 10:00 CET!

#spaceart #astroart

Chemical Soups Around Cool Stars

This artist's conception shows a young, hypothetical planet around a cool star. A soupy mix of potentially life-forming chemicals can be seen pooling around the base of the jagged rocks.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia11980-chemical-soups-around-cool-stars-artist-concept

#space #art #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #planet #exoplanet #star #coolstar #chemistry #prebiotic #molecule #hydrogen #cyanide #hydrogencyanide #life #chemicals #soup #soups #pond #meteorites #NASA #Spitzer #SpaceTelescope

Only 5⃣Days until #eROSITAdr1, the first data release of the #eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope with dozens of stunning publications!
In january last year, #eROSITA discovered a repeating X-ray flare in a quiet galaxy, suggesting a star feeds a #blackhole.
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7919825/news20230112

Only7⃣Days until #eROSITAdr1, the first data release of #eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope with dozens of stunning publications!
Today we look back when eROSITA witnessed the awakening of massive #blackhole ⚫️. The DR1 will show two more of these "Quasi-Periodic Eruptions" (QPE): https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7587547/news20210429

Only 8⃣Days until #eROSITAdr1, the first data release of
#eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope with dozens of stunning publications!
Today we look back to March 2021 and #Hoinga, the largest supernova remnant ever discovered with x-rays:
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7572057/news20210303

Only 9⃣Days until #eROSITAdr1, the first data release of #eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope with dozens of stunning publications!
Today we look back to the large-scale bubbles in the halo of our milky way, which were detected in december 2020.
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7540556/news20201210

Only 1⃣2⃣ Days until #eROSITAdr1, the first data release of the #eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope with dozens of stunning publications!
Today we look back to the first #AllSkySurvey in June 2020, which provided the deepest view of the x-ray universe so far:
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7461761/news20200619

Only 1⃣3⃣ Days until #eROSITAdr1, the first data release of the #eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope with dozens of stunning publications!
Today we look back to October 2019 when the first-light X-ray images of the telescope were presented to the public.
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7362095/news20191022

Only 1⃣4⃣ Days until #eROSITAdr1, the first data release of the #erosita #xray #spacetelescope with dozens of stunning publications!
Today we look back to July 13, 2019, when the eROSITA telescope was launched from Baikonur Kosmodrome:
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7319636/news20190621

Only 1️⃣ 5️⃣Days until #eROSITAdr1, the first data release of the eROSITA #xray #spacetelescope with dozens of stunning publications!
To begin our countdown, we look back to an interview with Peter Predehl, scientific director of #eROSITA, shortly before the launch in 2019:
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7315928/news_publication_13559826_transferred?c=450698

Nature Journal astronomy covers

The Search for a Sister Earth (2006) - Designing a telescope to find our next Solar System

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/442/issues/7098

#universe #planet #planets #exoplanet #exoplanets #planethunting #earth #solarsystem #star #stars #simulation #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #art #coverart #covers #naturecovers #space #nwo #newworld #newworlds #telescope #spacetelescope #coronograph #science #research #nasa #jwst

#RheaSpace plans a #robotic 🤖 rescue mission for #NASA’s #SpaceTelescope 🔭

@arstechnica The #SpaceAgency would welcome the return of #Spitzer not only for scientific purposes, but also to help characterize the #NEO #AsteroidThreat ☄️.
But is Spitzer healthy after all this time? "The #SolarCells may be degraded, and there may be #meteorite ☄️ impacts," https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/a-private-company-has-an-audacious-plan-to-rescue-nasas-last-great-observatory

#SpaceMaintenance

Helium-burning white dwarf:
Using #ESA_XMM and #eROSITA #spacetelescope, a team lead by #MPE researchers discovered a #binarystar🌟🌟, where material flows onto a #WhiteDwarf, but instead of #hydrogen, the material is #helium, making it the first helium-burning white dwarf ever discovered!
➡https://mpe.mpg.de/7938487/news20230322

#MattParker - The Genius #Geometry of the #JamesWebb #SpaceTelescope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os0a5au_3Mo&ab_channel=Stand-upMaths

#StandUpMaths #Math #Maths #Mathematics #JWST #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #Telescope #Astronomy #Engineering #SpaceEngineering #Mirror #Mirrors