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December 16 – The Beethoven Burst (GRB 991216) is one of the most powerful detected Gamma-ray bursts. NASA loses two Mars probes, the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander. The Subaru 8.3 m and Gemini North 8.1 m reflecting telescopes open at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. The Cetus Dwarf galaxy is discovered.
First space walk/extra-vehicular activity (Alexei Leonov). USSR Voskhod 2: March 1965: First crewed spacecraft to change orbit. USA (NASA) Gemini 3: 14 July 1965: First flyby of Mars (returned pictures). USA (NASA) Mariner 4 [18] 14 July 1965: First photographs of another planet from deep space . USA (NASA) Mariner 4 [18] 15 December 1965
9 May: A cubic millimetre of the human brain is mapped at nanoscale resolution by a team at Google 30 May: NASA reports the discovery of the most distant known galaxy. 9 May. A record annual increase in atmospheric CO 2 is reported from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, with a jump of 4.7 parts per million (ppm) compared to a year earlier. [285]
Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. This story has been updated to reflect both of SpaceX’s contracts with NASA. For more CNN news and ...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in April 1990. It is named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble . Although not the first space telescope, Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy .
For live updates on today’s launch, read our story here: Live updates: SpaceX ‘keeping an eye on upper-level winds’ ahead of Vandenberg launch A SpaceX rocket will launch from Vandenberg ...
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1924: Edwin Hubble: the discovery that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies; 1925: Erwin Schrödinger: Schrödinger equation (Quantum mechanics) 1925: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: Discovery of the composition of the Sun and that hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe; 1927: Werner Heisenberg: Uncertainty principle (Quantum ...