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Dying star's "previously unseen layers" visible in new Webb space telescope image
The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright ...
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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'
This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope releases its first images on mission to map millions of galaxies
SPHEREx will begin routine science operations in late April, NASA said. At that time, the space telescope will begin taking about 600 exposures a day. The observatory is capable of detecting infrared ...
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NASA's Webb telescope captures photos of asteroid that won't hit Earth in 2032
The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures ... The asteroid swings our way every four years. NASA and the European Space Agency released the photos — showing the asteroid as a fuzzy dot ...
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NASA credits 'lucky alignment' for breathtaking image of cosmic tornado
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled ... This side-by-side comparison shows a Spitzer Space Telescope image of HH 49/50 (left) versus a Webb image of the same object (right) using ...
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Breathtaking 'cosmic tornado' swirling image captured by NASA telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... This side-by-side comparison shows a Spitzer Space Telescope image of HH 49/50 (left) versus a Webb image of the same object (right) using the NIRCam ...
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NASA's Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won't hit Earth in 2032
Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted at one point to have a 3% chance of smacking Earth in 2032.