infrared telescopes
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Gaze Into the Deepest View Yet of Our Universe: Webb’s First Full-Colour Image Is Here
The long-awaited image is a luminous look at ancient galaxies magnified by warped spacetime.
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The SOFIA Mission Is Ending, but Its Legacy Will Be Long Felt
This past April, NASA and its partners at the German space agency announced the end to the SOFIA mission. The modified Boeing 747SP jumbo jet is being retired after eight years of service, but its scientific contributions cannot be overstated. In honour of this closing mission, we present to you SOFIA’s greatest hits.
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Webb Space Telescope’s First Full-Colour Images Are Just Weeks Away
Long before Webb even launched from French Guiana, we’ve been waiting for this moment: the first full-colour images from this cutting-edge space telescope. NASA announced yesterday that those pictures will be available on July 12, along with some spectroscopic data.
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A Fully Aligned Webb Space Telescope Sees a Field of Stars
The Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to being fully operational: It is now fully aligned and calibrating its suite of four instruments to collect data on our universe. NASA announced the new milestone in a blog post yesterday.