by . jonathan o'callaghan . the hubble telescope might be almost 24 years old , but astronomers are still finding ways to improve its capabilities . their latest innovation has seen them find a way to measure the distances to stars up to 10,000 light-years away . that 's ten times farther than was previously possible with the telescope . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- delta air lines is reviewing surveillance video from an incident last week in which a 9-year-old boy boarded a flight from minneapolis to las vegas , apparently alone and without a ticket , a spokeswoman for the airline said monday . while spokeswoman leslie scott applauded the crew of flight 1651 for their `` vigilance '' after they alerted authorities to the boy , she sought to reassure travelers that the airline is going through the video as it reviews `` our policies and procedures to make sure something like this does not happen again . '' as of monday , the boy was still in las vegas , where his status will be discussed in court tuesday , a spokesman for minnesota 's hennepin county said . officials in hennepin county are waiting until `` things are resolved out there '' before proceeding with the case , chuck laszewski said . the child 's parents are said to be cooperating fully , cnn affiliate kare reported . the boy went through security with other passengers , the transportation security administration said in a statement sunday , but officials are still trying to figure out how he did it -- and how he then got on the flight thursday . patrick hogan , a spokesman for minneapolis-st . paul international airport , said the crew `` became suspicious of the child 's circumstances '' during the flight . crew members got in touch with authorities in las vegas and turned the boy over to child protective services , hogan said in a statement . a longtime flight attendant told kare that children who are traveling alone normally get special attention . `` it 's a big responsibility for the airline as well as the flight attendant , '' gregg proteaux , a longtime flight attendant , told kare . `` you 're responsible for them . how do you let 110 people on board when you only have 109 boarding passes ? '' astronomers applied a technique known as spatial scanning to increase hubble 's ability to gauge distances ten-fold . the method uses something known as parallax , a form of trigonometry , to measure distances . ` this new capability is expected to yield new insight into the nature of dark energy , a mysterious component of space that is pushing the universe apart at an ever-faster rate , ' said noble laureate adam riess of the space telescope science institute -lrb- stsci -rrb- in baltimore , us . the boy spent a good amount of time at the airport before boarding the plane , kare reported . he was there the day before , the station reported , citing airport officials . he passed his time by taking luggage from a carousel , bringing it to an airport restaurant . cnn affiliate wcco reported he ordered chicken fingers and a soda , then left without paying , asking a server to watch the bag while he went to the restroom . the following morning the child took a light-rail train to the airport , cleared security and made it to las vegas nearly without detection . riess and the johns hopkins university in baltimore , in collaboration with stefano casertano of stsci , developed the technique to extend hubble 's sight . this upgraded capability is made possible using something known as parallax . a flight security expert said the incident highlights the gaps in security , especially when it comes to children . `` that 9-year-old child does not need identification , '' terry trippler of theplanerules.com said , pointing to the tsa 's policy that only adults age 18 and over are required to have a state-issued or u.s. federal photo id . the incident is a first for the minneapolis airport , according to hogan . over the years other airports have had similar incidents . in 2007 , another 9-year-old managed to fly from seattle to phoenix to san antonio before being found out . however , he had a boarding pass . his mother told cnn her son gave ticketing agents a fake name . last year an 11-year-old boy in manchester , england , managed to slip away from his mother during a shopping trip . he made it all the way to rome without a boarding pass or a passport . but any colosseum dreams were dashed . he never left the airport in rome and was returned to his parents the same day . this is a trigonometric technique that can be used to make reliable measures of astronomical distances . to understand how it works , imagine earth 's orbit and a distant star form a triangle . earth 's orbit forms the base of the triangle , with two imaginary lines running to the star and making the ` point ' of the triangle . cnn 's bill kirkos contributed to this report . the length of these lines , and thus the distance to the star , can be calculated by measuring the three ` angles ' of the imaginary triangle . this method works well for stars that are relatively close to us , those a few hundred light-years away , but for stars further away it is harder as the angles become smaller and more difficult to measure . the hubble space telescope was launched on 24 april 1990 , but a space shuttle repair mission was required soon after launch to get it fully functional after a fault in one of the mirrors was discovered . to extend the yardstick , astronomers have found a way to measure smaller angles more accurately using hubble , down to five-billionths of a degree . they tested this by getting hubble to measure the distance to a cepheid variable , which is a class of bright star often referred to as a ` standard candle ' of the universe for distance measurements . cepheid variables are stars that vary between large , bright states and small , dense ones . their importance was recognised by female astronomer henrietta swan leavitt in 1908 , who realised that the relationship of a cepheid variable 's changing state and its luminosity could be used to place ` distance markers ' across the universe . using this principle , hubble correctly confirmed the star in question in the constellation auriga was 7,500 light-years away . it did this by taking two exposures of the target star six months apart , when our planet was on opposite sides of the sun . a very small shift in the star 's position was then measured to an accuracy of 1/1 ,000 th of a single image pixel in hubble 's wide field camera 3 , which has 16.8 megapixels -lrb- 16.8 million pixels -rrb- in total . a third exposure was then taken six months later to remove errors . this then gave the correct distant measurement , which the astronomers knew previously . the telescope was so accurate , in fact , that the astronomers are now planning to use hubble to refine the ` cosmic distance ladder , ' a ` rung ' of measurements for the universe that uses various cepheid variables as distance markers . although hubble might be pushing a quarter of a century in age , this latest innovation proves just how useful the telescope is in our continuing studies of the cosmos . the hubble space telescope was carried into orbit by a space shuttle in 1990 . hubble 's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet , visible , and near infrared . its . orbit outside the distortion of earth 's atmosphere allows it to take . extremely high-resolution images with almost no background light . hubble 's deep field has recorded some of the most detailed visible-light images ever , allowing a deep view into space and time . the . telescope is one of nasa 's great observatories , along with the compton . gamma ray observatory , the chandra x-ray observatory and the spitzer . space telescope . hubble is the only telescope designed to be serviced in space by astronauts . its scientific successor , the james webb space telescope is currently scheduled to be launched by nasa in 2018 .
new : cnn affiliate reports parents are cooperating with authorities . boy remains in las vegas while authorities work out his status . delta will watch security video to figure out how child got on board without a ticket . boy flew thursday from minneapolis , was turned over to child protective services .
by . jonathan o'callaghan . the hubble telescope might be almost 24 years old , but astronomers are still finding ways to improve its capabilities . their latest innovation has seen them find a way to measure the distances to stars up to 10,000 light-years away . that 's ten times farther than was previously possible with the telescope . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- delta air lines is reviewing surveillance video from an incident last week in which a 9-year-old boy boarded a flight from minneapolis to las vegas , apparently alone and without a ticket , a spokeswoman for the airline said monday . while spokeswoman leslie scott applauded the crew of flight 1651 for their `` vigilance '' after they alerted authorities to the boy , she sought to reassure travelers that the airline is going through the video as it reviews `` our policies and procedures to make sure something like this does not happen again . '' as of monday , the boy was still in las vegas , where his status will be discussed in court tuesday , a spokesman for minnesota 's hennepin county said . officials in hennepin county are waiting until `` things are resolved out there '' before proceeding with the case , chuck laszewski said . the child 's parents are said to be cooperating fully , cnn affiliate kare reported . the boy went through security with other passengers , the transportation security administration said in a statement sunday , but officials are still trying to figure out how he did it -- and how he then got on the flight thursday . patrick hogan , a spokesman for minneapolis-st . paul international airport , said the crew `` became suspicious of the child 's circumstances '' during the flight . crew members got in touch with authorities in las vegas and turned the boy over to child protective services , hogan said in a statement . a longtime flight attendant told kare that children who are traveling alone normally get special attention . `` it 's a big responsibility for the airline as well as the flight attendant , '' gregg proteaux , a longtime flight attendant , told kare . `` you 're responsible for them . how do you let 110 people on board when you only have 109 boarding passes ? '' astronomers applied a technique known as spatial scanning to increase hubble 's ability to gauge distances ten-fold . the method uses something known as parallax , a form of trigonometry , to measure distances . ` this new capability is expected to yield new insight into the nature of dark energy , a mysterious component of space that is pushing the universe apart at an ever-faster rate , ' said noble laureate adam riess of the space telescope science institute -lrb- stsci -rrb- in baltimore , us . the boy spent a good amount of time at the airport before boarding the plane , kare reported . he was there the day before , the station reported , citing airport officials . he passed his time by taking luggage from a carousel , bringing it to an airport restaurant . cnn affiliate wcco reported he ordered chicken fingers and a soda , then left without paying , asking a server to watch the bag while he went to the restroom . the following morning the child took a light-rail train to the airport , cleared security and made it to las vegas nearly without detection . riess and the johns hopkins university in baltimore , in collaboration with stefano casertano of stsci , developed the technique to extend hubble 's sight . this upgraded capability is made possible using something known as parallax . a flight security expert said the incident highlights the gaps in security , especially when it comes to children . `` that 9-year-old child does not need identification , '' terry trippler of theplanerules.com said , pointing to the tsa 's policy that only adults age 18 and over are required to have a state-issued or u.s. federal photo id . the incident is a first for the minneapolis airport , according to hogan . over the years other airports have had similar incidents . in 2007 , another 9-year-old managed to fly from seattle to phoenix to san antonio before being found out . however , he had a boarding pass . his mother told cnn her son gave ticketing agents a fake name . last year an 11-year-old boy in manchester , england , managed to slip away from his mother during a shopping trip . he made it all the way to rome without a boarding pass or a passport . but any colosseum dreams were dashed . he never left the airport in rome and was returned to his parents the same day . this is a trigonometric technique that can be used to make reliable measures of astronomical distances . to understand how it works , imagine earth 's orbit and a distant star form a triangle . earth 's orbit forms the base of the triangle , with two imaginary lines running to the star and making the ` point ' of the triangle . cnn 's bill kirkos contributed to this report . the length of these lines , and thus the distance to the star , can be calculated by measuring the three ` angles ' of the imaginary triangle . this method works well for stars that are relatively close to us , those a few hundred light-years away , but for stars further away it is harder as the angles become smaller and more difficult to measure . the hubble space telescope was launched on 24 april 1990 , but a space shuttle repair mission was required soon after launch to get it fully functional after a fault in one of the mirrors was discovered . to extend the yardstick , astronomers have found a way to measure smaller angles more accurately using hubble , down to five-billionths of a degree . they
by . jonathan o'callaghan . the hubble telescope might be almost 24 years old , but astronomers are still finding ways to improve its capabilities . their latest innovation has seen them find a way to measure the distances to stars up to 10,000 light-years away . that 's ten times farther than was previously possible with the telescope . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- delta air lines is reviewing surveillance video from an incident last week in which a 9-year-old boy boarded a flight from minneapolis to las vegas , apparently alone and without a ticket , a spokeswoman for the airline said monday . while spokeswoman leslie scott applauded the crew of flight 1651 for their `` vigilance '' after they alerted authorities to the boy , she sought to reassure travelers that the airline is going through the video as it reviews `` our policies and procedures to make sure something like this does not happen again . '' as of monday , the boy was still in las vegas , where his status will be discussed in court tuesday , a spokesman for minnesota 's hennepin county said . officials in hennepin county are waiting until `` things are resolved out there '' before proceeding with the case , chuck laszewski said . the child 's parents are said to be cooperating fully , cnn affiliate kare reported . the boy went through security with other passengers , the transportation security administration said in a statement sunday , but officials are still trying to figure out how he did it -- and how he then got on the flight thursday . patrick hogan , a spokesman for minneapolis-st . paul international airport , said the crew `` became suspicious of the child 's circumstances '' during the flight . crew members got in touch with authorities in las vegas and turned the boy over to child protective services , hogan said in a statement . a longtime flight attendant told kare that children who are traveling alone normally get special attention . `` it 's a big responsibility for the airline as well as the flight attendant , '' gregg proteaux , a longtime flight attendant , told kare . `` you 're responsible for them . how do you let 110 people on board when you only have 109 boarding passes ? '' astronomers applied a technique known as spatial scanning to increase hubble 's ability to gauge distances ten-fold . the method uses something known as parallax , a form of trigonometry , to measure distances . ` this new capability is expected to yield new insight into the nature of dark energy , a mysterious component of space that is pushing the universe apart at an ever-faster rate , ' said noble laureate adam riess of the space telescope science institute -lrb- stsci -rrb- in baltimore , us . the boy spent a good amount of time at the airport before boarding the plane , kare reported . he was there the day before , the station reported , citing airport officials . he passed his time by taking luggage from a carousel , bringing it to an airport restaurant . cnn affiliate wcco reported he ordered chicken fingers and a soda , then left without paying , asking a server to watch the bag while he went to the restroom . the following morning the child took a light-rail train to the airport , cleared security and made it to las vegas nearly without detection . riess and the johns hopkins university in baltimore , in collaboration with stefano casertano of stsci , developed the technique to extend hubble 's sight . this upgraded capability is made possible using something known as parallax . a flight security expert said the incident highlights the gaps in security , especially when it comes to children . `` that 9-year-old child does not need identification , '' terry trippler of theplanerules.com said , pointing to the tsa 's policy that only adults age 18 and over are required to have a state-issued or u.s. federal photo id . the incident is a first for the minneapolis airport , according to hogan . over the years other airports have had similar incidents . in 2007 , another 9-year-old managed to fly from seattle to phoenix to san antonio before being found out . however , he had a boarding pass . his mother told cnn her son gave ticketing agents a fake name . last year an 11-year-old boy in manchester , england , managed to slip away from his mother during a shopping trip . he made it all the way to rome without a boarding pass or a passport . but any colosseum dreams were dashed . he never left the airport in rome and was returned to his parents the same day . this is a trigonometric technique that can be used to make reliable measures of astronomical distances . to understand how it works , imagine earth 's orbit and a distant star form a triangle . earth 's orbit forms the base of the triangle , with two imaginary lines running to the star and making the ` point ' of the triangle . cnn 's bill kirkos contributed to this report . the length of these lines gamma ray observatory , the chandra x-ray observatory and the spitzer . space telescope . hubble is the only telescope designed to be serviced in space by astronauts . its scientific successor , the james webb space telescope is currently scheduled to be launched by nasa in 2018 .
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'' as of monday, the boy still las vegas where his status will discussed court tuesday a spokesman minnesota 's hennepin county. officials in hennepin county are waiting until `` things resolved out '' proceeding, chuck laszewski. the child 's parents said cooperating fully, cnn affiliate kare reported. the boy went through security with other passengers, the transportation security administration sunday but officials are did -- then the flight thursday patrick hogan, a spokesman minneapolisst. paul international airport, said the crew `` became suspicious the child 's circumstances '' during. crew members got in authorities las vegas turned the boy child protective services, hogan in a longtime flight attendant told kare that children who traveling normally special attention. `` it 's a big responsibility the airline as, '' gregg proteaux a longtime flight attendant, kare. `` you 're responsible them. how let 110 people on board when only 109 boarding passes? 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by . jonathan o'callaghan . the hubble telescope might be almost 24 years old , but astronomers are still finding ways to improve its capabilities . their latest innovation has seen them find a way to measure the distances to stars up to 10,000 light-years away . that 's ten times farther than was previously possible with the telescope . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- delta air lines is reviewing surveillance video from an incident last week in which a 9-year-old boy boarded a flight from minneapolis to las vegas , apparently alone and without a ticket , a spokeswoman for the airline said monday . while spokeswoman leslie scott applauded the crew of flight 1651 for their `` vigilance '' after they alerted authorities to the boy , she sought to reassure travelers that the airline is going through the video as it reviews `` our policies and procedures to make sure something like this does not happen again . '' as of monday , the boy was still in las vegas , where his status will be discussed in court tuesday , a spokesman for minnesota 's hennepin county said . officials in hennepin county are waiting until `` things are resolved out there '' before proceeding with the case , chuck laszewski said . the child 's parents are said to be cooperating fully , cnn affiliate kare reported . the boy went through security with other passengers , the transportation security administration said in a statement sunday , but officials are still trying to figure out how he did it -- and how he then got on the flight thursday . patrick hogan , a spokesman for minneapolis-st . paul international airport , said the crew `` became suspicious of the child 's circumstances '' during the flight . crew members got in touch with authorities in las vegas and turned the boy over to child protective services , hogan said in a statement . a longtime flight attendant told kare that children who are traveling alone normally get special attention . `` it 's a big responsibility for the airline as well as the flight attendant , '' gregg proteaux , a longtime flight attendant , told kare . `` you 're responsible for them . how do you let 110 people on board when you only have 109 boarding passes ? '' astronomers applied a technique known as spatial scanning to increase hubble 's ability to gauge distances ten-fold . the method uses something known as parallax , a form of trigonometry , to measure distances . ` this new capability is expected to yield new insight into the nature of dark energy , a mysterious component of space that is pushing the universe apart at an ever-faster rate , ' said noble laureate adam riess of the space telescope science institute -lrb- stsci -rrb- in baltimore , us . the boy spent a good amount of time at the airport before boarding the plane , kare reported . he was there the day before , the to slip away from his mother during a shopping trip . he made it all the way to rome without a boarding pass or a passport . but any colosseum dreams were dashed . he never left the airport in rome and was returned to his parents the same day . this is a trigonometric technique that can be used to make reliable measures of astronomical distances . to understand how it works , imagine earth 's orbit and a distant star form a triangle . earth 's orbit forms the base of the triangle , with two imaginary lines running to the star and making the ` point ' of the triangle . cnn 's bill kirkos contributed to this report . the length of these lines , and thus the distance to the star , can be calculated by measuring the three ` angles ' of the imaginary triangle . this method works well for stars that are relatively close to us , those a few hundred light-years away , but for stars further away it is harder as the angles become smaller and more difficult to measure . the hubble space telescope was launched on 24 april 1990 , but a space shuttle repair mission was required soon after launch to get it fully functional after a fault in one of the mirrors was discovered . to extend the yardstick , astronomers have found a way to measure smaller angles more accurately using hubble , down to five-billionths of a degree . they
 The article discusses how astronomers have found a way to measure distances up to 10,000 light-years away using a new technique called "spatial scanning". This method uses the Hubble Space Telescope to measure the angles between stars and galaxies, allowing for more accurate distance measurements. The technique has already been used to measure the distance to a star 24 years old, which is ten times further than previously possible.