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The Israeli space telescope Ultrasat. Screenshot from a video by Prof. Eli Waxman, Weizmann Institute

NASA will launch the first Israeli space telescope ULTRASAT

The space telescope, a flagship project of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Space Agency, will be launched in 2026 and is expected to revolutionize space exploration
The report's authors suggest launching a large telescope to study planets outside the solar system, similar to the one developed by NASA that would use a shadow to block light from a distant star to facilitate the study of planets around that star. NASA/JPL

Astronomy's wish list for the next XNUMX years: Big money, bigger telescopes and the biggest question in science

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Every ten years since the XNUMXs, astronomers and astrophysicists in the U.S. have gathered to compile a list of priorities for means and instruments. These surveys require scientists to think about priorities
CAD rendering of a robot assembling a tangle module in space. Additional folded modules are stored in the cargo unit which appears docked to the side of the main body.

A robot will assemble a modular space telescope in orbit

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The "Einstein Ring", as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a phenomenon of gravitational collapse. When a massive mass passes on one axis between a more distant celestial gram and the Earth, the light rays of the more distant gram are bent around the massive mass and form a ring known as the "Einstein Ring" from the perspective of the observer on Earth. Examining slight changes in the gravitational clouding will allow the detection of planets around a star that creates such clouding. Source: NASA.

NASA has announced a new space telescope, WFIRST, to be launched in the next decade

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The Cancer Nebula as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005

Why is it not possible to photograph distant celestial objects from Earth, and for this purpose telescopes must be sent into space?

A planet outside the solar system. Illustration: shutterstock

Closer to home / John Mattson

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Telescope, camera and satellite in less than 15 kg. Simulation of the "Arcade" telescope. Photo courtesy: Planetary Resources Inc

The Israeli Astronomical Society will receive observation time in the first social telescope

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The Gaia Space Telescope Assembly. European Space Agency

The Milky Way flows in Gaia's eyes

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WISE space telescope. Image: NASA

The WISE space telescope has begun scanning the sky

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