![SpaceX, astronomers working to address brightness of Starlink satellites]()
SpaceX says it’s committed to working with the astronomy community to address the brightness of its Starlink satellites, but some astronomers remain concerned about the deleterious effect that system and other megaconstellations will have on their field.
![Radio astronomers worried about OneWeb interference]()
Radio astronomers say OneWeb has not, until recently, paid attention to their concerns about interference, but that it is not too late to avoid a spectrum conflict.
![Little legal recourse for astronomers concerned about Starlink]()
Despite complaints by individual astronomers and astronomical organizations, legal experts say there is little they can do under existing federal law and regulations to halt the deployment of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites.
![Space Act Agreement to support private space telescope project]()
NASA has signed a Space Act Agreement with a private organization currently raising funds for studies of a space telescope designed to look for habitable planets around a nearby star.
![China completes world’s largest radio telescope]()
Tuesday's briefing begins with China declaring construction of the world's largest radio telescope complete.
![JAXA abandons efforts to recover Hitomi satellite]()
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced April 28 that it was giving up on efforts to restore control of its Hitomi astronomy satellite, concluding that the spacecraft was too severely damaged in an incident last month.
![Japanese astronomy satellite malfunctions, generates debris]()
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is working to restore communications with a new astronomy satellite that malfunctioned March 26, generating debris.
![NSF Seeks Partners To Help Run Arecibo Radio Telescope]()
The U.S. National Science Foundation effort has raised concerns among astronomers about the observatory’s future.
![SpaceGeeks Ep. 4: Rambling Astronomer]()
In this episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast, Dan Leone talks to Alessondra" Sondy" Springmann: A journeywoman planetary scientist who stumbled into astronomy in college and followed a winding road that has led her to NASA's Osiris-Rex asteroid sample-return mission.
![Kepler and SOFIA Survive Technical And Fiscal Challenges]()
Two NASA astronomy missions put in jeopardy by technical and budget issues have survived their near-death experiences but still must deal with constrained funding, project officials told astronomers.
![NASA Seeks Astronomy Mission Concepts For 2020 Report]()
While the final report is still more than five years away, NASA has effectively kicked off the next astrophysics decadal survey by asking the scientific community to evaluate ideas for the next large mission that the report may recommend NASA pursue in the 2020s.
![Manufacturing Issues Plague James Webb Space Telescope]()
Manufacturing difficulties plagued major elements of the James Webb Space Telescope this year, forcing prime contractor Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems to rebuild key structural elements declared unfit for flight while continuing to grapple with a persistently problematic cryogenic compressor needed to keep JWST’s infrared sensors cold.
A large ground-based telescope useful for studying orbital debris as well as traditional astronomical targets has been given a second life under a cooperative agreement involving NASA, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, the University of Hawaii and the University of Arizona.
![QinetiQ Gets Baffle Contract for Euclid Space Telescope]()
QinetiQ got a 2.3 million-euro contract to supply a baffle for the Euclid space telescope.
![China, France Join Forces on Astronomy Mission]()
The French and Chinese space agencies have agreed to jointly develop a gamma-ray-burst astronomy satellite.
“To find evidence of actual life is going to take another generation of telescopes,” JWST telescope scientist Matt Mountain said.
