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After another gyroscope failure, the Hubble Space Telescope went into a "safe mode" this weekend. Only 2 of the Hubble's 6 onboard gyroscopes are working now, and it needs at least 3 to function properly. While operators on the ground saw this kind of failure coming and planned for it, the lost...

The Giant Magellan Telescope is going into service in 2025, but there's still a lot of work to do on the mirrors themselves. It's truly amazing what it takes to make a single mirror and this telescope has several mirrors. When all is said and done the telescope will have 4,000 square feet of...