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Astrophotographer captures rare footage of the Hubble Telescope crossing the sun (video)

The Hubble Telescope appears as a tiny silhouette during a perfectly timed solar transit captured from Puerto Rico.

Astronomers have just found one of the universe's earliest mistakes

Scientists have theorized that dark matter clumps exist in staggering numbers, far more than the galaxies we see. Only clumps ...
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USF Team Wins Two NASA Grants to Explore the Origins of the Universe

A USF professor and research team are using two NASA grants and the Hubble Space Telescope to test the mathematical model of ...

Eric Schmidt will massively invest in private telescopes, including Hubble replacement

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...

The first privately funded space-based telescope is in the works

Lazuli’s design features a 3.1-meter mirror, which would make it larger than NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (but smaller than ...

The chaotic 'Dracula's Chivito': Hubble reveals largest birthplace of planets ever observed

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light, Hubble has revealed the disk is ...
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Private group unveils plans for large space telescope

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

Backing space dreams: Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt funds four large-scale telescopes, including a Hubble replacement

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy are privately funding four ambitious telescope projects, including the ...
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How did Hubble spot the most distant star yet?

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of the most distant single star found yet. It took the light from the star 12 ...