NASA’s New, $4 Billion Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery
“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...
Webb telescope has a new mission: surveillance of a threatening asteroid
The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...
SPHEREx Space Telescope to Map Cosmos in Infrared Light, Launching in February 2025
The SPHEREx space telescope, launching in February 2025, will map the cosmos in infrared light, helping scientists understand ...
Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
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Homegrown space telescope to complete 1st 3D universe map
After being launched into space, the space telescope SPHEREx will observe the universe for 2 1/2 years from an altitude of ...
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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
And, because it works with infrared light, SPHEREx is meant to reveal things even the trailblazing James Webb Space Telescope ...
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope reveals ancient surface of Pluto and other celestial bodies for the first time
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Space telescopes give lovely look at cosmic bouquet for Valentine’s Day
Space scientists have unveiled a cosmic bouquet in time for Valentine's Day. The new image includes data from several ...
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In emergency decision, James Webb telescope will study 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 before its close approach to Earth
In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...
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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
And, because it works with infrared light, SPHEREx is meant to reveal things even the trailblazing James Webb Space Telescope cannot. "Taking a snapshot with JWST is like taking a picture of a ...
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NASA captures a 'boom' in space from 600 million light years away
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a 'boom' in deep space, estimated to be at least 600 million light years away from ...
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This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after its original mission ended. In the next few years, the space agency hopes to launch an infrared space telescope devoted to ...