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A lightweight new X-ray telescope could draw the first full chemical map of the Moon

A team at Tokyo Metropolitan University has shown through numerical simulations that an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer weighing less than 10 kilograms could map five elements across the entire lunar ...
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6-DOF Control for Space Telescope Optics

Hexapod mechanisms are commonly utilized for full six-axis adjustment with high stiffness and predictable kinematics. They ...
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"Great Nebulae in the Constellation of Orion, The" (drawn from Nature with the Cambridge Telescope), (drawing)

[Exhibited under heading: "Architectural, Mechanical, and Art School Drawings" and under the sub-heading: "Astronomical Drawings." Entries 04240603 and 04240604 were exhibited together as: "'The great ...
The Conversation

A new, thin‑lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifts off. Here's what it promises

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – the space agency’s newest orbital observatory – promises unprecedented wide-angle views of the cosmos, including distant galaxies, black holes and planets ...
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Even the best telescopes have blind spots. This fix can help us build better maps of the universe

Astronomers have catalogued billions of stars and hundreds of billions of galaxies. We have found thousands of planets orbiting stars. We can also map where these galaxies sit and trace how the ...