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Astronomy

From the gigantic Hubble to the tiny MOST, space telescopes and space astronomy open a window onto unimaginably violent phenomena, objects of great beauty and a universe that is expanding at an ever-increasing rate toward an unknown destiny.

Space Telescopes

MOST – A tiny satellite probes the mysteries of the universe
A space telescope seeks to discover what happened in the first minutes following the Big Bang (FUSE)
James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble

Space observatories
Herschel Space Observatory to have two Canadian instruments
Mapping the sky with Planck Surveyor
The VLBI space observatory links Earth and sky

Balloon-borne telescope
BLAST Mission




Updated: 2006/12/06 Important Notices