space telescopes
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Decoding Dark Matter and Energy: What You Need to Know About the Euclid Mission Launching This Weekend
Together, dark matter and dark energy comprise 95% of the known universe, yet scientists don’t know what they are. The Euclid telescope, set to launch to space from Florida on Saturday, may help decipher them.
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Biden to Reveal Webb Telescope’s First Full-Colour Image Today
In an unexpected twist, President Joe Biden will reveal the first full-colour image from the Webb Space Telescope at the White House today at 7 a.m. AEST. The much-anticipated release of the rest of the images remains scheduled for 12:30 a.m. AEST tomorrow, and a live stream of Biden’s comments later today can be found…
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Webb Telescope Shakes Off Impact From Tiny Space Rock
NASA said today that one of the Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror segments was hit by a micrometeoroid, a small asteroid fragment, between May 23 and May 25. Initial assessments of the telescope found that the spacecraft was still performing exceptionally well, though the effects of the impact were noticeable in recent data readouts.
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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.