Tag: telescope
ESA will attempt to defrost a mirror of the Euclid telescope 1.5 million kilometers from Earth
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist March 19, 2024 at 11:13 a.m. 0 Artist’s impression of the Euclid space telescope © ESA As its scientific campaign began, researchers observed a drop in…
For research and discovery: cheap telescope on offer at Lidl
BARGAIN February 2, 2024 at 3:46 p.m Lidl is currently offering a telescope from Bresser at a bargain price. An exciting gadget for starry nights. On offer at Lidl: Bresser…
A new Hubble failure? NASA hesitates to save the former telescope star
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist December 5, 2023 at 7:17 p.m. 3 The Hubble telescope seen from a shuttle in 2009. © NASA The debate around a potential service mission on…
In Chile, on the construction site of the largest telescope in the world
A landscape of sky and stone, turquoise and ocher. This is the Atacama, foothills of the Chilean Andes. A desert drier and rougher than a brick, where almost nothing grows…
But why are the Chinese building an underwater telescope?
Camille Coirault October 25, 2023 at 10:17 a.m. 5 An underwater telescope to search for the most imperceptible particles © Pixabay It is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean…
Unistellar telescope in the test: At the push of a button to the Sombrero Galaxy
TECHNOLOGY September 9, 2023 at 11:02 am All I have to do is press a button and the Unistellar telescope does the rest. As a complete layman, can I achieve…
XRISM mission: a space telescope to understand the universe through X-rays
The XRISM mission (for X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) should finally reach the vacuum of space on Thursday, September 7, 2023. Its main objective is based on the observation of…
This striking image of the Swirl Galaxy captured by the James-Webb Space Telescope
Decidedly, the James-Webb telescope has the art of surprising us. After providing spectacular images of the Ring Nebula, the space tool has just delivered no less striking images of the…
This time, the James Webb Telescope makes us dream with the Lyra Nebula
Camille Coirault August 24, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. 8 © ESA/NASA The Lyra Nebula was captured with unprecedented precision by the famed James Webb Space Telescope, revealing details of this…
These spectacular images of the Ring Nebula taken by the James-Webb Space Telescope
The James-Webb Telescope, operating mainly in the infrared, has captured spectacular images of the Ring Nebula, also known as the Lyra Nebula. Responding to its somewhat poetic astronomical code M57…
The first images from the Euclid space telescope are here, and they keep their promises!
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist August 01, 2023 at 08:54 3 The first image of the NISP instrument, which will calculate the distance and the light spectrum of the galaxies mapped…
This miniature “smart telescope” works with your smartphone and can be carried anywhere
This miniature telescope works with your smartphone and can be carried anywhere © Vaonis In recent years, stargazing by the general public has also begun its digital revolution. Modern telescopes…