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Jane Rigby helped make the James Webb telescope a superstar
03 Feb 2025 11:54 GMT
… a decade of work on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Jane Rigby obsessed over … one. J. SPILKER, S. DOYLE, NASA, ESA, CSA
Since then, Rigby … , Rigby took a job at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center …
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NASA launches new telescope that could outperform JWST
03 Feb 2025 15:16 GMT
… of the Universe
Unlike the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which focuses … view of the cosmos. NASA’s acting Astrophysics Division … cosmic observations.
Read More: NASA rover captures eerie ‘human … , deputy project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. …
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NASA’s new telescope is more powerful than James Webb: Here’s what it could reveal about the Big Bang and the universe
03 Feb 2025 14:52 GMT
NASA is preparing to launch … dramatic difference in budget, NASA claims that SPHEREx will be … Outperform James Webb While the James Webb Space Telescope has provided breathtakingly detailed … The Future of Space Exploration NASA has described SPHEREx as a …
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Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?
02 Feb 2025 00:25 GMT
… professional astronauts employed by Nasa and the wealthy.
… typical. For example, the James Webb Space Telescope was given a $1bn … for the overruns.)
Nasa astronauts perform maintenance on … : scrapping programmes, closing Nasa centres and more contracting …
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NASA’s SPHEREx to Capture First All-Sky Spectral Survey and Explore Universe’s Origins
31 Jan 2025 21:21 GMT
… 102 infrared colors, per NASA. The data it … for newly forming planets,” NASA explains. ‘Molecular clouds like … frozen molecules.’ | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech SPHEREx can … other telescopes, like the James Webb Space Telescope, should look. SPHEREx cannot …
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New NASA space telescope SPHEREx to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
31 Jan 2025 20:33 GMT
… things even the trailblazing James Webb Space Telescope cannot.
"Taking … the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters, told reporters on … Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission … and testing. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)That…
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NASA finds a planet disintegrating faster than astronomers thought possible
31 Jan 2025 00:45 GMT
Every object in the universe is on a countdown. Planets take shape, orbit their stars and, in some cases, break apart completely. One small planet, locked in a dangerously close orbit, is falling apart faster than anyone expected.
In the wake of this …
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Inside the NASA Center in Maryland Helping Us Explore Space
30 Jan 2025 17:02 GMT
… /NASA, Sydney Rohde/NASA, Chris Gunn/NASA.
A … such as components of the James Webb Space Telescope (right) are then subjected … /NASA, Sydney Rohde/NASA, Chris Gunn/NASA.
A … lower.
Photograph courtesy of NASA.
Simulating Space
To ensure …
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Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely
03 Feb 2025 14:56 GMT
… tools such as the James Webb Telescope, have enabled us to … elsewhere in the universe.
The James Webb telescope was launched in 2021, … biochemistries.
An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, … microbial life in rocks.
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Something …
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What Is Dark Energy? The Hidden Force Driving the Universe Apart
02 Feb 2025 07:38 GMT
… in this infographic. Credit: NASA
A Brief History
It … of dark energy.
Additionally, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (launched in 2021), the … studies of dark energy.
NASA’s SPHEREx (the Spectro … understanding of dark energy.
NASA also supports a citizen …