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Space Telescope

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noun

  1. U.S. Aerospace. a 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) optical telescope designed for use in orbit around the earth.


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The research relied in part on observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

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Webb is the most powerful space telescope ever launched.

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An international research team used the James Webb Space Telescope and its NIRSpec instrument to monitor Uranus for nearly one full rotation.

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As large sky surveys continue to expand with missions such as Euclid, NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, researchers are increasingly using machine learning and sophisticated statistical tools to comb through enormous volumes of data.

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The Hubble Space Telescope has now operated for more than 30 years and remains a cornerstone of astronomical discovery.

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