It was touted as Florida's largest research telescope when it was installed just 17 years ago. But now, the Florida Institute of Technology's aging showcase telescope has been rendered sightless for ...

Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore are ecstatic that Hubble will be repaired. “We are quite happy we?ll be able to get two new science instruments aboard the Hubble,” ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - For the second time this year, Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub and Astronomer Dean Regas have collaborated to keep telescopes from entering landfills. Astronomy expert Dean ...

Western Nevada College Jack C. Davis Observatory’s C400 Takahashi telescope can still look exceptionally long toward the stars from Carson City. Only a broken mount keeps it from doing what it was ...

NASA is preparing to send astronauts on a spacewalk to repair a telescope mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). The repair involves installing patches to eliminate unwanted ...

Modern telescopes are huge and complex installations. They may be either an array of many smaller dishes or a single giant dish, but in either case they are equipped with delicate mirrors, as well as ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will send a space shuttle to repair the 16-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, agency administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday, reversing his predecessor's decision to ...

NASA engineers are trying to work their magic on the Hubble Space Telescope, which stopped working on June 13 as a result of a problem with the payload computer on board. After a month of trying, ...

Two NASA astronauts will perform the year's first spacewalk today (Jan. 16), and you can watch the action live. Nick Hague and Suni Williams are scheduled to venture outside the International Space ...

Lowell Observatory, Arizona's oldest center for astronomy, is launching a campaign to recruit an army of benefactors to repair the telescope and dome from which Percival Lowell discovered what he said ...

GREENBELT, Maryland (Reuters) - NASA said on Tuesday it would undertake a potentially risky shuttle mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope until at least 2013. Sign up here. NASA ...

Coverage will begin at 6:30 a.m. ET (1130 GMT). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two NASA astronauts will perform the year's first ...