Webb took off from South America in December and reached its designated perch 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away last month. NASA’s new space telescope has captured its first starlight and even captured a selfie of its giant, gold mirror. All the 18 segments of the primary mirror on James Webb Space are working … Read more
A joint effort with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, the Webb mission will “explore every phase of cosmic history…” NASA said. James Webb Space Telescope: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on Saturday completed a two-week-long deployment phase of its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror panel as it gets ready to study cosmic history. … Read more
The $10 billion Webb — considered the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope — was supposed to soar Saturday, but was jolted by a clamp during launch preparations, resulting in a four-day delay. NASA is shooting for next Friday — Christmas Eve — to launch its newest space telescope. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed Friday … Read more
There is one aspect that is mysterious and grabs everyone’s interest: outer space. (Images: Hubble Space Telescope via NASA) Halloween 2021 in space: It’s Halloween and all things unknown become more fascinating at this time of the year. The world seemingly gets a spooky filter and even normal, everyday things seem spooky if looked at … Read more
NASA tried to restart the PCU, but its attempt failed. (Image: NASA) Hubble Space Telescope: US space agency NASA last Thursday began the process to fix a technical glitch in the Hubble Space Telescope, which has not been able to be used for work related to science for over a month. According to a report … Read more
The phenomenon was first theorised by great scientist Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity. (Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Jha) Hubble Space Telescope: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) operated Hubble Space Telescope has captured the GAL-CLUS-022058s in a stunning image. The narrow galaxy is curved around … Read more
Comet ISON had been discovered in September 2012. Hubble Space Telescope: NASA releases time-lapse sequence of Comet ISON’s movement captured by Hubble Space Telescope! On Tuesday, the US space agency NASA released a time-lapse video of the Comet ISON moving against the stars. The video was made based on images captured by the Hubble Space … Read more
The image was observed by Adam Riess, who is a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. (Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; acknowledgment: Mahdi Zamani) Hubble Telescope: Hubble captures stunning image of spiral galaxy! The Hubble Telescope, operated by US’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA), has captured … Read more