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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even ...
Calling all philatelists: U.S. Postal Services issues two new JWST stamps
The United States Postal Service has issued two new stamps featuring stellar images beamed back to Earth by the James Webb ...
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James Webb Space Telescope's 'big sky images' issued on stamps in Big Sky, Montana
The Priority Mail 'Spiral Galaxy' and Priority Mail Express 'Star Cluster' stamps are now available in panes of four at post ...
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JWST Photos Reveal Bizarre Physics of Supernova Explosions
There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University ...
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3 years of James Webb Space Telescope data on alien worlds now available online
The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the ...
Scientists Once Thought These ‘Little Red Dots’ Broke Cosmology. Now, They’re Not So Sure.
Early data of “little red dots,” or LRDs, from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appeared to suggest the presence of ...
Astronomers solve mystery of "little red dots" spotted by James Webb Space Telescope
A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data from multiple surveys to compile one of the largest ...
NASA's Webb telescope threatened with budget cuts. They would hit hard.
"The operations work at STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other NASA contractors is funded by the operational ...
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NASA finds a planet disintegrating faster than astronomers thought possible
Certain extreme planets are called ultra-short period objects if they're very close to their stars and orbit them in mere hours, like K2-22b.