telescopes
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These AR Binoculars Will Tell You What You’re Seeing in the Night Sky
Have you ever made it to the end of a hike with a scenic overlook and argued with your friend about the name of a river many miles away? I have. Google Maps wasn’t any help, but perhaps if I had Unistellar’s upcoming Envision AR binoculars in hand to label those faraway landmarks, we could…
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Proposed Mission Seeks to Resurrect Retired Spitzer Space Telescope
For more than three years, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has been idly coasting around the Sun while locked in a retirement safe mode, while its successor, the Webb Telescope, took over its cosmic observation duties. An upcoming servicing mission, however, could give the old telescope a new purpose: protecting Earth from dangerous asteroids.
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Webb Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Camera Is Fully Back in Action After Worrisome Glitch
After a hiatus, one of Webb Space Telescopes cameras will be fully operational again following an engineering test that took place last week.
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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?