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The Era of Direct Imaging of Exoplanets Has Arrived

25th Apr, 2019 - 2.7k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, astronomers are finally starting to get direct images of planets around other stars, and not only that, for the first time, ground-based teles

ESAs Exoplanet Mission CHEOPS is Ready for Launch

29th Mar, 2019 - 1.5k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, the European Space Agency revealed earlier this month that the upcoming CHEOPS mission designed to study the structure of exoplanets smaller t

Standard Sirens To The Rescue LIGO Gets An Upgrade

6th Mar, 2019 - 2.1k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The LIGO gravitational observatory collaboration receives new funding to upgrade it’s amazing facilities. This should allow astronomers to get more informat

NASA Selects SPHEREx to Study the Early Universe

22nd Feb, 2019 - 2.5k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, NASA has added a really cool new mission that will explore the early universe and it is designed to help astronomers understand how our univer

Star Forming Where Planet Should Be

16th Feb, 2019 - 3.5k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array have discovered a star forming in a brand new solar system in a spot where

Andromeda Galaxy Collision Revised by ESAs Gaia Spacecraft

9th Feb, 2019 - 8.6k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Background image by Rogelio

Premier Camera WFC3 Goes Offline On Hubble Space Telescope

11th Jan, 2019 - 2.4k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Earlier this week, NASA posted an alert stating that on January 8, the premier camera on the Hubble Space Telescope experienced an anomaly, raising fears (at l

Will Government Shut Down Affect NASAs JWST Schedule What about TESS and Juno Ops

10th Jan, 2019 - 2.6k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB As I’m sure you know by now, the partial government shutdown has affected NASA employees. Many are at home waiting for it to end, but will this shutdown cau

OSIRISRex and New Horizons Ultima Thule Set Records During Busy First Week of 2019

5th Jan, 2019 - 2.5k views

This year is starting off with a bang (astronomically speaking). In the first week we have OSIRIS_Rex in orbit around the asteroid Bennu and New Horizons Flies Past Ultima Thule

JunoCam Shines at Halfway Point of Juno Mission to Jupiter

19th Dec, 2018 - 2.2k views

NASA’s Juno Mission to Jupiter reaches the midpoint of its mission and has far exceeded expectations. There’s also a lesson here for NASA: always include a camera in your space probes to planets!

Mars InSight Landing MarCO Steals the Show

1st Dec, 2018 - 3.7k views

Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://optcorp.com/?utm_source=deepastronomy&utm_medium=telescopetalk&utm_campaign=home In this episode NASA successfully puts another lander on the Red Planet. Earlier this week,

As Mission Dies, Gaia Revises Kepler Earth-sized Exoplanet Count

1st Nov, 2018 - 3.5k views

As NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope ends its mission once and for all, ESA’s GAIA Space Telescope data shows that some Kepler planets need revising.