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Until now it was believed that barred spiral galaxies like the Milky Way could not be observed before the universe, estimated to be 13.8 billion years old, reached half of its current age.
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SN 1987A has been under extensive observation across a broad spectrum of wavelengths, from gamma rays to radio, for nearly four decades since its initial discovery in February 1987.
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Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula -- objects that are the colourful remnants of dying stars that have thrown out much of their mass at the end of their lives.
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From the invisible quantum world to incomprehensibly large galaxies, recent discoveries have helped in expanding our understanding of the mysteries of the universe
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The black hole is located in the galaxy CEERS 1019.
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Overall, there are three nested belts extending out to 23 billion km from the Fomalhaut; that's 150 times the distance of Earth from the Sun
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The telescope provides a unique perspective with its infrared sensitivity on Mars, complementing data being collected by orbiters, rovers, and other telescopes
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Washington: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system. The finding, to be published in the journal Nature, offers hope that in the future, Webb may be able to detect and measure carbon dioxide in the thinner atmospheres of smaller […]
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New Delhi: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new stunning images of Jupiter that will give scientists even more clues to the planet’s inner life. With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on. In the standalone view of Jupiter, created from a composite of several […]
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Washington: The powerful next-generation James Webb Space Telescope has captured colourful images of Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away. Using its powerful infrared cameras, Webb produced a detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies. The Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in […]
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Hyderabad: The world’s largest telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), built by NASA was damaged permanently and irreparably, says a new report. The $10 billion telescope was struck by a micro meteoroid in May this year and the complications of the hit are more serious than estimated before, suggests the new report. NASA scientists […]
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Hyderabad: The post on actor-singer Ariana Grande’s Instagram story has made the most sense out of all the social media posts about the James Webb Space Telescope’s first image of the universe. She posted the picture on her Instagram profile that read, “All these galaxies and you think god is worrying about whether or not […]
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Washington: James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. The $10 billion Webb telescope, is an international programme led by NASA, European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. US President Joe Biden unveiled this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First […]
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Washington: NASA is set to reveal rare celestial objects, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, like one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky, a giant planet outside our solar system composed mainly of gas, and first compact galaxy group ever discovered in 1877, among others. The US space agency will showcase these […]
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This image mosaic was created by pointing the telescope at a bright, isolated star in the constellation Ursa Major known as HD 84406.
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A new era in space exploration has just begun with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the most sophisticated space laboratory ever built, successfully reaching its destination — a gravitational parking spot in an orbit around the Sun nearly 1.50 million miles from Earth. There are several fascinating scientific possibilities arising out of this extraordinarily complex […]
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Washington (US): James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space telescope ever constructed, will lift off on Christmas. The USD 10 billion project spanning over three decades, a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency, hopes to look further back in time than ever before – to find […]
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NASA has announced the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at 7.20 am EST (5.50 pm India time) on December 24. Webb, the world’s premier space science observatory, will succeed the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s flagship telescope that has been in service for over thirty years now. According to NASA, Webb is not […]
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Engineering teams have completed Webb's long-spanning comprehensive testing regimen at Northrop Grumman's facilities.
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"What really surprised me about the results is that we may realistically find signs of life on other planets in the next 5 to 10 years," said Caprice Phillips, a graduate student at The Ohio State University.