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Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday.Full story

NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system. Full story

Telescope Reveals Spectacular 'Fiery Ribbon' in Orion Nebula (Photos)

A telescope in Chile has captured stunning new photos of a cosmic ribbon shimmering in the Orion nebula more than 1,000 light-years from Earth. Full story

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  Mexico breaks telescope-viewing record

Nearly 3,000 people peered through telescopes across Mexico to break the Guinness World Record for the most telescopes pointed at the same place at the same time. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

  World's largest telescope includes 50 antennas

Chile celebrates the official inauguration of ALMA, the world's largest telescope, that is working in the Atacama Desert with 50 antennas to probe the mysteries of space. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Tiny telescopes restore sight

Implantable "telescopes" are helping macular degeneration patients see again. KARE'S Renee Tessman reports.

  Australia's radio telescope 'listens' to cosmos

Questions about the Milky Way may be solved now that 36 dishes of the world's fastest radio telescope are listening to the cosmos from a desert in western Australia. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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This artist rendition provided by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope.
An artist's rendition of the Kepler space telescope (© NASA via AP)
An artist's rendition of the Kepler space telescope (© NASA via AP)

This artist rendition provided by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope. The spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope’s orientation in space, NASA said Wednesday, May 15, 2013. If engineers can’t find a fix, the failure means the telescope won’t be able to look for planet

The Robert C. Byrd Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory rises above the rural Pocahontas County, W.Va., countryside.
The Robert C. Byrd Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory rises above the rural Pocahontas County, W.Va., countryside.

The Robert C. Byrd Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory rises above the rural Pocahontas County, W.Va., countryside on Oct. 26, 2008. The telescope is the world's largest steerable radio telescope.

Florida house telescope
Florida house telescope

The house also has an observatory with a professional telescope under a retractable roof.