Read more space telescope stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32403/space-telescope.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65320/monster-black-hole-sucking-up-space.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA monstrous black hole near the center of a distant galaxy is sucking up stars, gas and dust, and spitting out baby stars, NASA scientists have discovered. The black hole is 100 million times the mass of the sun, reports the Telegraph . It lies at the center of a galaxy...http://www.newser.com/story/65320/monster-black-hole-sucking-up-space.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 7:26:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64909/jupiter-slammed-by-mystery-object.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA massive mysterious object scientists believe may be a comet slammed into Jupiter yesterday, AP reports. The Earth-size impact "scar" left by the object was caught on NASA's powerful infrared telescope in Hawaii. The agency was alerted to the new mark on the planet by an amateur astronomer in England...http://www.newser.com/story/64909/jupiter-slammed-by-mystery-object.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 3:58:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59738/despite-its-faults-and-costs-hubble-remains-crucial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Hubble Space Telescope has expanded our knowledge of black holes, so it’s ironic that critics complain the $9.6 billion device is sucking up money and energy that could be shifted to other programs. But, on CNET, Don Reisinger defends the telescope as earthlings’ best shot at unlocking the...http://www.newser.com/story/59738/despite-its-faults-and-costs-hubble-remains-crucial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 13:07:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52672/kepler-begins-search-for-other-earths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNASA's planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral last night, Space.com reports. Kepler, the widest-field telescope ever sent into space, will spend the next three years scanning the sky for a planet in the "Goldilocks zone" where conditions are just right for liquid water to exist and...http://www.newser.com/story/52672/kepler-begins-search-for-other-earths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Mar 2009 2:18:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52535/nasa-begins-hunt-for-earth-like-planets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNASA will launch its Kepler space telescope tomorrow on a 3-year mission to look for planets as habitable to life as Earth, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Kepler will use a sophisticated digital camera, 10 times more sensitive than consumer models, to survey distant stars for orbiting planets with just...http://www.newser.com/story/52535/nasa-begins-hunt-for-earth-like-planets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 19:20:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50522/if-another-earth-is-out-there-kepler-will-find-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf there's truly no place like home, then NASA's new Kepler mission will help scientists prove it. The space telescope, set to launch March 5, will scan the skies for planets with the approximate size and temperature range of Earth. Matches could be candidates for extraterrestrial life; if Kepler finds...http://www.newser.com/story/50522/if-another-earth-is-out-there-kepler-will-find-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Feb 2009 14:18:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38700/hubble-glitch-delays-nasa-repair-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed after the apparatus stopped transmitting data Friday, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Shuttle crews will be retrained to deal with the new problem, and the launch rescheduled so NASA can have a second shuttle ready in case a rescue mission...http://www.newser.com/story/38700/hubble-glitch-delays-nasa-repair-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Sep 2008 17:13:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31770/upgrade-will-boost-hubble-vision.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpectacular images from the Hubble telescope are about to get even more awe-inspiring, thanks to a $900-million upgrade during an upcoming space shuttle mission—the fifth and last mission to the orbiting observatory. Two new high-tech instruments and a series of repairs will make Hubble able to probe even deeper...http://www.newser.com/story/31770/upgrade-will-boost-hubble-vision.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Jul 2008 2:10:31 CDT