NASA releases first full set of images from $10B James Webb Space Telescope
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 11:13
NASA on Tuesday unveiled its first full collection of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope - showcasing the type photos that engineers had in mind when they first conceived of the telescope in the 1990s.
The space agency unveiled the collection of five images from the $10 billion telescope during an event late Tuesday morning at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, M Undead planets: the unusual conditions of the first exoplanet detection
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 11:13
The first ever exoplanets were discovered 30 years ago around a rapidly rotating star, called a pulsar. Now, astronomers have revealed that these planets may be incredibly rare. The new work will be presented tomorrow (Tuesday 12 July) at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2022) by Iuliana Ni?u, a PhD student at the University of Manchester.
The processes that cause planets to form, and s Russia threatens ISS European robotic arm after ExoMars termination
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 10:11
The European Space Agency has officially ended cooperation with Russia on the ExoMars mission, prompting a Russian threat to halt use of a European robotic arm on the International Space Station.
Vega-C successfully completes inaugural flight
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 08:44
ESA’s new Vega-C rocket has completed its inaugural flight, placing main payload LARES-2 – a scientific mission of the Italian Space Agency ASI – into its planned orbit. Six research CubeSats from France, Italy and Slovenia flew as secondary payloads. The launch caps a multi-year effort by ESA, prime contractor Avio and industrial partners in 13 ESA member states to build on the heritage of its predecessor, Vega.
NASA sees JWST success helping win agency support and funding
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 07:24
The James Webb Space Telescope, once an albatross around the neck of NASA, has become a symbol of the agency’s capabilities and potentially a tool to win support and funding for other programs.
Analysis: Space Force budget growth could be short lived
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 07:01
Military space funding has increased every year since 2018 but that growth may not be sustainable, says a new report from the consulting firm Avascent.
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Webb Telescope: What will scientists learn?
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 06:49
The James Webb Space Telescope's first images aren't just breathtaking—they contain a wealth of scientific insights and clues that researchers are eager to pursue.
Here are some of the things scientists now hope to learn.
Into the deep
Webb's first image, released Monday, delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far, "Webb's First Deep Field."
The white circles and ellipses are from the galaxy cluster in the foreground called SMACS 0723, as it appeared more than 4.6 billion years ago—roughly when our Sun formed too.
The reddish arcs are from light from ancient galaxies that has traveled more than 13 billion years, bending around the foreground cluster, which acts as a gravitational lens.
First JWST images excite and relieve astronomers
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 21:49
NASA released the long-anticipated first science observations from the James Webb Space Telescope July 12, the culmination of decades of work and the start of a new era in astrophysics.
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Baby stars, dancing galaxies: NASA shows new cosmic views
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 20:30
A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five galaxies in a cosmic dance. The splendors of the universe glowed in a new batch of images released Tuesday from NASA's powerful new telescope.
The unveiling from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope began Monday at the White House with a sneak peek of the first shot—a jumble of distant galaxies that went deeper into the cosmos than humanity has ever seen.
Webb delivers deepest infrared image of Universe yet in special briefing
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 20:30
The international NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant Universe so far.
U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled the image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field, during a White House event on Monday 11 July.
OneWeb backs up Starlink 5G interference warning
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 19:46
Plans to use the 12 GHz band for terrestrial 5G would severely disrupt non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) broadband across the United States, OneWeb said July 11 in analysis supporting an earlier study from SpaceX.
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NASA releases next wave of images from James Webb Space Telescope
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 14:52
The James Webb Space Telescope began releasing a new wave of cosmic images on Tuesday, heralding a new era of astronomy.
"Every image is a new discovery," said NASA administrator Bill Nelson. "Each will give humanity a view of the universe that we've never seen before."
On Monday, Webb revealed the clearest image to date of the early universe, going back 13 billion years.
One new ima Webb Telescope is now fully ready for science
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 14:52
The months-long process of preparing NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for science is now complete. All of the seventeen ways or 'modes' to operate Webb's scientific instruments have now been checked out, which means that Webb has completed its commissioning activities and is ready to begin full scientific operations.
Each of Webb's four scientific instruments has multiple modes of operati AFRL spacecraft recurve launches on Virgin Orbit Space Force mission
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 14:52
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate spaceflight experiment Recurve was launched July 2, 2022, from the Mojave Air and Space Port on the Virgin Orbit space system in California. The launch supported the U.S. Space Force's STP-S28A mission and carried six additional payloads for the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP).
Recurve is the latest in several low- Chinese scientists help solve riddle of Moon's largest crater
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 14:52
Chinese scientists have published a study that helps to explain an anomaly in the composition of the Moon's biggest crater - the South Pole-Aitken Basin - identifying the abnormal materials there as originating from the lunar crust.
The study was conducted by a Chinese research team studying planetary sciences at Shandong University, and was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.