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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
31 Jan 2025 20:33 GMT
… of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters, told reporters on … Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission … inflation models. (Image credit: NASA/WMAP)It's usually … and testing. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)That…
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NASA Establishes New Class of Astrophysics Missions, Selects Studies
13 Nov 2024 23:38 GMT
… He’s the director of NASA’s astrophysics division.
Mark Clampin … National Academies likes to see NASA astrophysics maintain a patent … the COBE satellite. So WMAP really mapped the universe much … used and implemented in future NASA missions, whether they’re …
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Capturing the cosmos on canvas: How art helps scientists and space agencies communicate with the public
27 Mar 2025 14:45 GMT
… a small spacecraft released from NASA's space shuttle that … there in the simulation.
Although NASA felt this was too long … on images produced by NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and ESA's …
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The expanding Universe — do ongoing tensions leave room for new physics?
24 Mar 2025 12:44 GMT
… estimating the Hubble constant. NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)11 measured tiny differences across … the remaining 27%.
Fitting the WMAP data led to a value … a greater sensitivity than did WMAP, to measure the cosmic microwave …
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Detects Most Distant Known Carbon In The Cosmos
16 Jun 2024 11:54 GMT
… years after the Big Bang NASA WMAP Science team via Wikipedia
Astronomers … . The finding —- made by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope —- … elements furnished by NASA ... [+] https://www.nasa.gov/image …
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Best ever map of early universe is double-edged sword for cosmologists
18 Mar 2025 16:19 GMT
… CMB was first mapped by NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE … 1980s and 90s, then by NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) in the 2000s and …
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JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 2: The Distant Universe
16 Mar 2025 01:54 GMT
… -month." Rohan Naidu, a NASA Hubble Fellow and the Pappalardo … microwave Background Explorer (COBE), the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), and Planck, they were able …
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'The Big Bang Theory's Food Is More Authentic Than You'd Think
06 Mar 2025 00:18 GMT
… . Surprisingly, it took a NASA team of scientists to find … the answer.
How NASA Discovered What's … for NASA about a beach ball that showed data from Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. Masetti …
In a blog post for NASA, Masetti recorded the team…
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NASA announces alien-hunting Habitable Worlds Observatory
22 Jan 2023 20:00 GMT
… astronomy community recommended that NASA develop a new space … Clampin, the director of NASA’s astrophysics division, announced … two proposed telescopes that NASA submitted for consideration prior … Lagrange points. Credit: NASA / WMAP Science TeamAs for the …
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
31 Jan 2025 11:11 GMT
… happens quite often."
NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), launched in 2001, … or over.
NASA's now retired Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe was misidentified as … Earth. (Image credit: NASA / WMAP Science Team)"Such …