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Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Protostar ‘Hourglass’ in Space
NASA officials spoke at a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday morning about the status of the Webb Space Telescope, which has been capturing images of the universe near and far since early this summer. During the meeting, they revealed Webb’s latest portrait: a shot of a dark cloud called L1527 and the light emanating from a…
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Webb Telescope Drops Creepy Image of the Pillars of Creation
A week and a half ago, NASA released a stunning image of the iconic Pillars of Creation taken by the Webb Space Telescope, a $US10 ($14) billion state-of-the-art space observatory that launched last December.
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One of Webb Telescope’s Tools Has a Glitch
The Webb Space Telescope has been dutifully beaming back incredible images of the cosmos since its “perfect” alignment earlier this year — but nothing is entirely perfect, even a $US10 ($14) billion telescope. One of Webb’s observing mechanisms has apparently run into a bit of trouble, and mission engineers are working to figure out a…
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Are the Colours in Webb Telescope Images ‘Fake’?
On July 12, the first full-colour images from the Webb Space Telescope showed countless nebulae, galaxies, and a gassy exoplanet as they had never been seen before. But Webb only collects infrared and near-infrared light, which the human eye cannot see — so where are these gorgeous colours coming from?