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Science03 Mar 2023 | 25
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Boffins propose Slinky-like robot that can build stuff in space
E-Walker is a 'seven degrees-of-freedom fully dexterous end-over-end walking robot'
Science18 Oct 2022 | 20
NASA, SpaceX weigh invoking Dragon to take Hubble higher
Telescope hasn't been superseded by JWST, so why not try to keep it going?
Science30 Sep 2022 | 51
James Webb Telescope launch delayed again, this time by weather
New launch date could be a marvelous Christmas gift to humanity
Science23 Dec 2021 | 43
Hubble Space Telescope restored to service: No repeat of those missing messages, but here's a software patch anyway
They went full science. Always go full science
Science07 Dec 2021 | 19
Hubble space 'scope brings its Cosmic Origins Spectrograph back online
Work continues on code to make the observatory operate happily when control unit message sync glitches out
Science30 Nov 2021 | 9
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Hibernating instrument on Hubble roused as engineers ponder message problem
A software workaround for an iffy component looms. Sound familiar?
Science05 Nov 2021 | 45
Of course we've tried turning it off and on again: Yeah, Hubble telescope still not working
Science suspended as engineers study synchronisation issue
Science02 Nov 2021 | 54
31-year-old piece of hardware not working very well: Hubble telescope back in safe mode over 'synchronization issues'
James Webb Space Telescope in line for a December flight
Science26 Oct 2021 | 100
James Webb Space Telescope completes its voyage to French Guiana
Only a million or so miles to go
Science13 Oct 2021 | 25
This way up: James Webb Space Telescope gets ready for shipment after final tests
Next stop, Kourou
Science27 Aug 2021 | 30
Not only is Hubble back online after outage, it's already taking photos of the cosmos
Pics After hundreds of hours of work, engineers called out of retirement for help
Science20 Jul 2021 | 52
NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope using backup power supply unit, payload computer
Hardware gremlins plagued orbiting observatory for over a month
Science16 Jul 2021 | 111
Iffy voltage: The plague of PC builders and Hubble space telescope controllers alike
Buckle up, the great switchover starts today
Science15 Jul 2021 | 20
Hubble, Hubble, toil and trouble: NASA pores over moth-eaten manuals ahead of switch to backup hardware
Procedure on stricken space telescope may be attempted later this week
Science14 Jul 2021 | 72
NASA readies commands to switch on Hubble's back-up hardware
Observatory might be able to spot distant stars, but it can't hear a bunch of engineers holding their breath
Science07 Jul 2021 | 18
Hubble memory errors persist despite NASA booting long-idle backup payload computer
Different hardware, same problem
Science28 Jun 2021 | 44
Hubble’s cosmic science is mind-blowing, but its soul celebrates something surprising about us
Column That which is born of the hack is hard to kill
Science28 Jun 2021 | 30
Hubble Space Telescope may now depend on a computer that hasn't booted since 2009
Perhaps instrument-halting failure is due to compute and interconnect hardware, not memory, after all
Science24 Jun 2021 | 52
Hubble Space Telescope sails serenely on in safe mode after efforts to switch to backup memory modules fail
Updated Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Science21 Jun 2021 | 82
Hubble Space Telescope to switch to backup memory module after instrument computer halts
Imagine the service ticket
Science16 Jun 2021 | 44
A borked bit of code sent the Hubble Space Telescope into safe mode, revealing a bunch of other glitches
Writing to forbidden memory and not closing the door cause headaches for custodians of restored spacecraft
Science12 Mar 2021 | 64
Don't give up on Planet Nine yet: Hubble 'scope finds just such a world a mere 336 light-years away
Massive planets at far out distances from their stars are possible after all
Science11 Dec 2020 | 26
NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch date by at least seven months
Damn you coronavirus, and save some anger for the technical challenges plaguing heir-to-Hubble
Science17 Jul 2020 | 45
Astroboffins peering back in time with Hubble find stars may have been flickering into life even earlier than thought
We need to look further to glimpse Population III fireballs – where's that James Webb Telescope?
Science04 Jun 2020 | 32
ATLAS flubbed: Comet heading our way takes one look at Earth, self-destructs into house-sized chunks
Pics And who could blame it?
Science29 Apr 2020 | 43
Hubble grabs first snap of interstellar comet... or at least that's what we hope this smudge is
Pic Everyone knows the Ramans do everything in threes
Science17 Oct 2019 | 73
First water world exoplanet spotted – and thankfully no sign of Kevin Costner, rejoice!
Red Dwarf solar system too far away for a jaunt on Starbug
Science12 Sep 2019 | 50
Eggheads confirm it's not a bug – the universe really is expanding 9% faster than expected
Scientists get ready to rewrite the cosmological rulebook
Science26 Apr 2019 | 115
Hubble 'scope camera breaks down amid US govt shutdown, forcing boffins to fix it for free
Updated Remote fix hoped for orbiting robo-eyeball
Science10 Jan 2019 | 238
Astroboffins spy a rare exoplanet evaporating before their eyes
*Okay so it will be here for another billion years or so but it's shrinking faster than normal
Science14 Dec 2018 | 41
Hi there, Hubble, glad to hear you're doing okay
Our eye on the sky winks open
Science29 Oct 2018 | 26
Hubble 'scope gyro drama: Hey, NASA, have you tried turning it off and on again? Oh, you did. And it worked? Cool
Just don't let it restart to install updates...
Science23 Oct 2018 | 21
NASA gently nudges sleeping space 'scopes Chandra, Hubble out of gyro-induced stupor
X-ray probe could be awake by end of this week
Science16 Oct 2018 | 27
Hate to burst your Hubble: Science stops as boffins scramble to diagnose gyro problem
Weekend failure could reduce 'scope's scope
Science09 Oct 2018 | 42
Astroboffins score a first by spotting traces of helium on an exoplanet
The second most abundant element has proven surprisingly hard to detect
Science03 May 2018 | 8
Hubble sharpens measurement of distance to ancient cluster
Boffins do give a fig about trig after all
Science05 Apr 2018 | 18
No chance of flying too close to this: Icarus, the most distant star seen, is 9bn light years away
And you'll need more than wings to reach it
Science02 Apr 2018 | 27
Hubble Space Telescope one of 16 suffering data-scrambling sensor error
Flawed analogue-to-digital converter can turn a whole bunch of 1s into a cosmic joke
Science26 Feb 2018 | 51
Hubble spies most distant comet zipping through Solar System
Iceball K2 is already active despite being far from the Sun
Science29 Sep 2017 | 24
Boffins grudgingly admit they may have found an exomoon
Social media speculation forced their hand, hence the pre-press paper explaining their interest
Science31 Jul 2017 | 15
Two hot Jupiters around two similar stars orbiting at similar distances look similar, right? WRONG
Cruel mistress science throws astroboffins a curveball
Science06 Jun 2017 | 15
H0LiCOW! Hubble's constant update paves way for 'new physics'
Standard model of cosmology may be incorrect, say experts
Science26 Jan 2017 | 53
Major maser microwaves Hubble
Space 'scope spots staggering galactic resonator
Science03 Jan 2017 | 17
New Brit Hubble analysis finds 2,000 billion galaxies, 10x previous count
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is
Science14 Oct 2016 | 52
Hubble telescope spies massive 'cannonballs' of fire from dying star
Scientists aren't completely sure where they are coming from
Science07 Oct 2016 | 38
Hubble spies on Europa shooting alien juice from its southern pole
Pics and video What? It's what NASA said - what are you thinking of?
Science26 Sep 2016 | 30
Mystery black hole hides by curbing its appetite
Careful, he might hear you
Science30 Jun 2016 | 24
Hubble spies rare cosmic tadpole galaxy
Astro boffins use find to study star formations
Science29 Jun 2016 | 14
Supermassive black hole devours star and becomes X-ray flashlight
The sleeping giant wakes up hungry
Science22 Jun 2016 | 19
Universe's shock rapidly expanding waistline may squash Einstein flat
Pic Astroboffins reveal Hubble breakthrough
Science02 Jun 2016 | 80
Hubble spies supermassive black hole in surprising spot
Two holes become one
Science06 Apr 2016 | 49
Good eye, Hubble! Space 'scope spots furthest-ever object
Ancient galaxy beamed its light just after the Big Bang
Science03 Mar 2016 | 20
Hubble finds lonely 'void galaxy' floating in cosmic nothingness
No sign yet of tragic, philosophical infant Prince chatting with odd mates
Science17 Nov 2015 | 46
Future civilisations won't know how the universe formed
Pity the 'clueless' inhabitants of as-yet-unborn Earth-like worlds
Science21 Oct 2015 | 82
Astroboffins snap BREATHTAKING, WISPY Veil Nebula supernova debris
Vid Star was once 20 times more massive than 'Ol Sol
Science27 Sep 2015 | 21
Astroboffins EYEBALL 13 BEELLION-year-old galaxy far, far, farthest away from Earth
'EGS8p7 is unusually luminous, may be powered by hot stars'
Science05 Sep 2015 | 49
Space paparazzo captures bipolar butterfly
It's complicated. Hubble snap reveals the Twin Jet Nebula's interactions
Science27 Aug 2015 | 33
Brit boffins teach mere PCs to find galaxies in Hubble pics
You didn't think we could sift petabytes of astro-data without automation, did you?
Science09 Jul 2015 | 6
OOH, it's so HOT in here! All my ATMOSPHERE is coming off
Red dwarf's emissions strip away exoplanet's coverings
Science25 Jun 2015 | 6
Version 0.1 super-stars built the universe – and they lived all the way over there, boffins point
Pic Super-bright galaxy CR7 spotted by 'scopes
Science17 Jun 2015 | 44
Stratosphere protects WASP's hot body, say boffins
Space 'scope spots an exo-stratosphere for the first time, warns of Titanium rain
Science15 Jun 2015 | 6
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