Sentences with phrase «largest space telescope»

Many research teams have previously suggested assembling large space telescopes from smaller modules, with examples ranging from 30 to 100 meters in diameter.

The NRC recommended WFIRST as the top priority for the next large space telescope after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in its most recent Decadal Survey for astronomy and astrophysics, New Worlds, New Horizons (NWNH).

After JWST, the next large space telescope in NASA's queue is a mission called the Wide - Field Infrared Survey Telescope, but it too would operate mainly in the infrared.

NASA's astrophysics director Charlie Pellerin had conceived of the «Great Observatories» program; envisioning four large space telescopes operating simultaneously to cover a large swath of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Some scientists also now want to add another instrument — a coronagraph — to whatever new large space telescope is built.

Any planets Project Blue finds will be excellent potential targets for future large space telescopes being developed by NASA and other space agencies.

A National Research Council (NRC) report released today lauds the additional science that could be obtained using hardware transferred to NASA from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the next large space telescope, but worries about the cost and potential impact on the balance of programs within NASA's astrophysics portfolio, especially if a coronagraph is added.

One size fits all This is not the first time astronomers have lobbied for such a large space telescope.

On the other, memories of Webb's woes could prevent the HDST project from seeking out new paradigms necessary for building such a large space telescope.

«Developing another large space telescope immediately after completing the $ 8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope is not a priority for the Administration,» budget documents say.

This second satellite will incorporate the largest space telescope ever launched, named after William Herschel, the German...

This will be feasible when we have a larger space telescope with a 16 meter - diameter mirror.

Hubble's spectrographs — partially fulfilling the promise of a large space telescope envisioned by Spitzer all those years ago — were critical in allowing astronomers to map the web - like structure of intergalactic gas in the universe, now termed the «cosmic web.»

Like many applications, bigger is often better in space — the larger a space telescope is, the more light it can gather, helping it capture higher - resolution images and spot fainter objects.

A colour A5 leaflet that opens out into an A2 double - sided wallchart describing the largest space telescope ever to be launched.