What astronomers saw when the largest space observatory ever built sent its first images back to Earth.
Tag: Telescopes and Observatories
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The Webb Telescope Is Just Getting Started
The first scientific results are coming in, and the $10 billion instrument is working even better than astronomers had dared to hope.
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‘Planet Killer’ Asteroid Spotted That Poses Distant Risk to Earth
The space rock had been hidden by the glare of the sun, suggesting that more large asteroids are in a solar system region difficult to study from Earth.
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Photos Show NASA’s DART Spacecraft Crashing Into Asteroid
Astronomers on Earth — and a shoebox-size Italian spacecraft called LICIACube — captured the DART mission’s successful strike on Dimorphos.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Images Are Extraordinary
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope images are extraordinary.