astronomy
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Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Protostar ‘Hourglass’ in Space
NASA officials spoke at a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday morning about the status of the Webb Space Telescope, which has been capturing images of the universe near and far since early this summer. During the meeting, they revealed Webb’s latest portrait: a shot of a dark cloud called L1527 and the light emanating from a…
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Webb Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Camera Is Fully Back in Action After Worrisome Glitch
After a hiatus, one of Webb Space Telescopes cameras will be fully operational again following an engineering test that took place last week.
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Perseverance Is About to Drop Its First Sample Cache, NASA Says
For nearly two years (has it been that long already?) NASA’s Perseverance rover has been scuttling about the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater, coring rocks and imaging the planet’s surface.
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Radiation Spikes in Tree Rings Came From Mystery Cosmic Storms, Aussie Scientists Say
Six spikes in Earth’s radiation levels, recorded in tree rings, may represent an unknown extreme astrophysical event.