Telescopes

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  It Appeared, Vanished, And Came Back 88 Days Later: Why NASA Scientists Are Puzzled

  NASA’s James Webb Telescope detected a mysterious infrared signal from apparently empty space twice, 88 days apart. Scientists suspect a distant galaxy or cosmic event.

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  Astronomers Use James Webb Telescope To Track Farthest Fast Radio Burst Yet

  The MeerTRAP team used the MeerKAT telescope to detect the burst on March 4, 2024, which led to its name, FRB 20240304B.

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  NASA'S Webb Telescope Captures Detailed View Of Lion Nebula, Revealing Its Dying Star

  Using its NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), Webb has revealed a clearer and more detailed image of the Lion Nebula.

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  NASA's Hubble Telescope Spots Giant 10-Sided Atmospheric Wave Around Saturn's South Pole

  This wave exists within Saturn's powerful jet stream and extends across several atmospheric layers.

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  Here's What NASA's Latest Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Aims To Discover

  NASA states that the Roman telescope is designed to survey the universe a thousand times faster than the Hubble Space Telescope.

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  NASA Launches $4 Billion Telescope Into Space To Study Cosmic Enigmas

  The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will build on the capabilities of other orbiting observatories such as the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, and the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990.

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  NASA's $4 Billion 'Roman Telescope' To Probe Exoplanets, Dark Energy

  The launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a roughly $4 billion project, is planned for Sunday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

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  Hubble Telescope Uncovers Ancient Cosmic Collision In Milky Way's Past

  Scientists also used astronomical surveys and precision data from spacecraft like Gaia mission to piece together the history of our galaxy.

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  NASA's James Webb Telescope Discovers Giant Exoplanet Twice As Massive As Jupiter

  The discovery happened while the team was using the telescope's NIRSpec, or Near-Infrared Spectrograph, to study the atmosphere of Beta Pictoris b.

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  Astronomers Discover 'Black Hole Star', A Cosmic Object Never Seen Before

  MIT astronomers have identified a possible new type of cosmic object called a black hole star, a giant hydrogen cloud powered by a central black hole.

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  NASA's Roman Telescope To Carry 1.35 Million Names To Deep Space

  NASA revealed that the memory card will travel with the Roman observatory to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2, or L2.

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  NASA Hubble Study Finds Andromeda Galaxy's Star Formation Has Been Declining For 500 Million Years

  A study using Hubble data shows Andromeda galaxy's star formation has steadily declined over 500 million years.

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  NASA's James Webb Telescope Maps How Supermassive Black Holes Gain Mass

  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observed gas swirling near the supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 4696, revealing details of black hole feeding.

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  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Discovers New Giant Planet Hidden In Nearby Star System

  A separate study led by Ben Sutlieff of the University of Edinburgh and Markus Bonse of the European Southern Observatory supported the findings.

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  Scientists Find Strange Chemical Signature On Pluto And Titan That No One Can Identify

  Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected an unexplained chemical signature on both Pluto and Saturn's moon Titan.