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How to Watch the Most Powerful Telescope Ever Built Launch to Space
After decades of waiting, the Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to blast off. You can watch this historic launch live right here.
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Webb Telescope Now Fuelled Up as Much-Anticipated Launch Approaches
Wearing protective suits to guard against toxic chemicals, a small team of mission specialists has completed the 10-day fuelling of the upcoming Webb space telescope. For what seems like the first time ever, the long-delayed mission is actually starting to feel real.
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9 Things to Know About NASA’s Armageddon Mission to Deflect an Asteroid
NASA’s DART mission to redirect a non-threatening asteroid is set to launch later this week. Here’s what you need to know about this historic deep-space test and how “kinetic impactors” could eventually protect our civilisation from an asteroid apocalypse.
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Spinning Faster
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope keeps an eye on Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a 16,093 km-wide storm system that has been swirling for at least 190 years and possibly much longer. Recent data from the telescope indicates that the spot’s outer winds have picked up speed in the past decade.