Pseudonymous Jan 8

The now decades-old #Hubble_Space_Telescope is getting a privately funded replacement.

#SpaceNews #TechnologyNews #Hubble #HubbleSpaceTelescope #Astronomy

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/eric-schmidt-will-massively-invest-in-private-telescopes-including-hubble-replacement

Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement

“This is a very significant contribution to the astronomical community."

Ars Technica
 Hacker NewsApr 19, 2025
A star appears to have collapsed straight into a black hole without supernova (2017)
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/collapsing-star-gives-birth-to-a-black-hole/
#ycombinator #Astrophysics #Black_Holes #Goddard_Space_Flight_Center #Hubble_Space_Telescope #Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory #NASA_en_español #Spitzer_Space_Telescope #Supernovae
Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole

Astronomers have watched as a massive, dying star was likely reborn as a black hole. It took the combined power of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), and

NASA Science
 Hacker NewsApr 19, 2025
A star appears to have collapsed straight into a black hole without supernova
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/collapsing-star-gives-birth-to-a-black-hole/
#ycombinator #Astrophysics #Black_Holes #Goddard_Space_Flight_Center #Hubble_Space_Telescope #Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory #NASA_en_español #Spitzer_Space_Telescope #Supernovae
Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole

Astronomers have watched as a massive, dying star was likely reborn as a black hole. It took the combined power of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), and

NASA Science