Spitzer

Finally, a Telescope Named ‘Einstein’ Is Heading to Space

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The Einstein Probe, an X-ray telescope managed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will be ready to launch next month. The probe will look for transient events in X-ray light and try to answer some fundamental questions about black holes and gravitational waves. Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023 Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer, and Webb. Undoubtedly … Read more

Proposed Mission Seeks to Resurrect Retired Spitzer Telescope

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For greater than three years, NASA’s Spitzer House Telescope has been idly coasting across the Solar whereas locked in a retirement protected mode, whereas its successor, the Webb Telescope, took over its cosmic remark duties. An upcoming servicing mission, nonetheless, might give the previous telescope a brand new objective: defending Earth from harmful asteroids. Astronomers May … Read more