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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 ...
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SPHEREx: Key Facts About NASA's Latest Telescope
NASA's SPHEREx observatory undergoes testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in August 2024. Launching no earlier than Feb. 27 ...
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Why NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory could be the ultimate exoplanet hunter
HWO will be the first space telescope built to find potentially habitable planets and analyze their atmospheres for signs of ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Captures Amazing 4K Views Of Cosmic Crib
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has captured stunning views of Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797). “Herbig-Haro objects are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars ...
Surprising signatures in WASP-121b's dynamic atmosphere challenge understanding of how 'roasting marshmallows' form
Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...
James Webb Telescope baffles the scientific community: an ‘impossible’ planet discovered 48 light years away
First discovered in 2009, GJ 1214 b is described by the JWST team as being “sub-Neptune-sized” - smaller than the outermost ...
NASA's two stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together since arriving at the space station last year
NASA's two stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together since arriving at the space station last year.
On this date: Kennedy announces James Webb as NASA Administrator
On this date, President John F. Kennedy provides NASA with its strongest advocate for large space telescopes, James Webb ...
SpaceX Starlink Satellites Swarm Like ‘Cosmic Fireflies’ In Time-Lapse From Space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured SpaceX Starlink satellites swarming in the distance in an amazing time-lapse captured from ...
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 ...
James Webb Validates Hubble’s Calculation of the Universe’s Expansion
Through the lens of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, scientists are zeroing in on the Hubble Constant, a vital ...