Sentences with phrase «hunting space observatory»

NASA's planet - hunting space observatory got a second chance at life this year.

In fact many scientists regard the planet - hunting space observatory as one of NASA's most successful scientific ventures.

Not exact matches

The eLISA mission, a space observatory consisting of three miniature satellites, will hunt for waves with frequencies under 1 hertz when it launches in the 2030s.

Future space observatories like Webb or Hubble - like telescopes built for infrared with apertures of around three meters could also aid in the hunt.

Virgo, Europe's premier gravitational wave detector, today joined forces with the two detectors of its U.S. counterpart, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory (LIGO), in the hunt for ripples in space - time following a $ 24 million upgrade.

The signal picked up by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational - wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US on September 14 last year lasted just a fifth of a second but brought to an end a decades - long hunt to directly detect the ripples in space - time known as gravitational waves.

This exoplanet - hunting observatory in space carefully watched for changes in the light coming from distant stars.

The star will also be a high - priority target for the next generation of planet hunting observatories, including the ESO's European Extremely Large Telescope, and the NASA / ESA / CSA James Webb Space Telescope.