NASA’s Webb Just Found Something Unexpected Beyond Neptune
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
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Listen to the universe: How sonification turns data into sound
A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.
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James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Stunning Secrets of Disc HH 30, Offering a Rare Glimpse at Planet Formation
Webb Telescope captures stunning new images of HH 30, revealing a dynamic protoplanetary disc where planets form.
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JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
SPHEREx space telescope will seek life's ingredients
Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the ...
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NASAs SPHEREx to Hunt for Lifes Building Blocks
NASA's SPHEREx mission will survey the Milky Way galaxy looking for water ice and other key ingredients for life. In the ...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Here’s why experts say do not panic.
YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.
How the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprisingly bright, complex and element-filled early universe – podcast
(THE CONVERSATION) If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans ...
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Cosmic wonder: Reclaiming science’s place in Jewish life
Just as modern telescopes reveal the hidden structure of nebulae and star clusters, understanding the physics behind twilight ...
Scientist warns it might be too late to deflect ‘city killer’ asteroid heading toward Earth
The volcanologist threw cold water on the defense potential of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, which ...
Webb telescope has a new mission: surveillance of a threatening asteroid
The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...