NASA telescope will study what put the bang in the big bang
Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base no sooner than Tuesday night, ...
NASA's Webb telescope threatened with budget cuts. They would hit hard.
The James Webb Space Telescope is peering into distant worlds and rewriting our grasp of the cosmos.And in 2025, its budget is on track to get slashed.At January's Meeting of the American Astronomical ...
Astronomers see lower risk of newly found asteroid hitting Earth
New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...
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New NASA Space Telescope Will See the Universe in 102 Colors
NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the entire sky in 102 different “colors” of light, offering scientists an unprecedented ...
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NASA set to launch SPHEREx space telescope to scan entire sky
NASA's newest space telescope will scan the entire sky in a range of near-infrared wavelengths to help astronomers better ...
NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope will create the world’s most complete sky survey
The $488 mission will scan the entire sky to better understand the evolution of the universe and look for ingredients for ...
Scientists spotted an unheard-of planet. Webb just peered into it.
The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...
Engineers create first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars
For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But ...
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NASA’s Hubble provides bird’s-eye view of Andromeda galaxy’s ecosystem
Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped ...
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SPHEREx launches this week to conduct a cosmic census
The mission will help us uncover how early galaxies formed and where the building blocks of life are located in the Milky Way.
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Watch asteroid 2024 YR4 zoom harmlessly through space after risk of hitting Earth falls to near zero (video)
Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and ...
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Planetary Defense Experts Issue Update on Worrisome “City-Killer” Asteroid 2024 YR4
A near-Earth asteroid discovered by astronomers late last year that showed a rising potential for colliding with Earth has ...