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Behold, Our Galaxy Visualised in Gravitational Waves
No space-based gravitational wave observatory exists…yet. But that hasn’t stopped a team of astronomers from demonstrating how the gravitational universe might look, using simulated data to create a “synthetic gravitational sky.” Gravitational waves are perturbations in spacetime that were predicted by Einstein in his theory of general relativity; as Einstein described them, the waves are…
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Biden to Reveal Webb Telescope’s First Full-Colour Image Today
In an unexpected twist, President Joe Biden will reveal the first full-colour image from the Webb Space Telescope at the White House today at 7 a.m. AEST. The much-anticipated release of the rest of the images remains scheduled for 12:30 a.m. AEST tomorrow, and a live stream of Biden’s comments later today can be found…
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NASA’s New Arcade-Style Space Telescope Video Game is Totally Stellar
NASA is drumming up excitement for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with a super-retro 8-bit inspired video game, and it’s honestly really fun. In the game, players are Roman Space Telescope operators that have to collect different celestial objects ranging from exoplanets to dark matter.
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NASA Hopes Its Tissue Box-Sized Satellite Can Set a New Laser Speed Record
A tiny gold-coated satellite lifted off from Earth on Wednesday with a rather large goal in mind for NASA: beam down data at the fastest rate ever achieved by space lasers.