Today, NASA unveiled the first full-color image taken by the agency’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope, a pivotal moment for the deep-space observatory that marks the beginning of its first year of transformational science. The incredibly detailed image — a deep field of some of the most distant galaxies seen from Earth — showcases the mighty power of the telescope and serves as a teaser…
Today and tomorrow, NASA is releasing the first full-color images taken by the agency’s mighty James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful observatory ever sent into space. It’s a major moment for the telescope, signaling the beginning of scientific…
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Thousands of galaxies are revealed in this first science image from the observatory, which includes the Mid-Infrared Instrument managed by JPL for NASA.
President Joe Biden released the first full-color image from…
The six-wheeled explorer has inspected a stretch of the Red Planet to see if it is flat enough for NASA’s next Mars lander.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is conducting its science campaign, taking samples at Jezero Crater’s ancient river delta, but it’s also been busy scouting. The rover is looking for locations where the planned Mars Sample Return (MSR) Campaign can land spacecraft…
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NASA Highlights Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets Coverage
Editor’s note: The Climate Conversation prelaunch event on Wednesday, July 13, begins at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT).
Riding aboard will be EMIT, a mission developed at JPL to…
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NASA Shares List of Cosmic Targets for Webb Telescope’s First Images
The images will include some taken by Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument, which is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA.
NASA’s James Webb Space…
Starlink’s Dishy McFlatface internet now available for Boaty McBoatfaces — just $5,000 per month
July 8, 2022
Starlink’s internet-from-space service continues expanding to new use cases with the launch of Starlink Maritime. What started in the home before expanding to stationary RVs is now available for boats on the move, at a cost of $5,000 a month. SpaceX is targeting merchant vessels, oil rigs, and wealthy owners of superyachts with the service.
Starlink Maritime also requires a one-time $10,000…
On Thursday, NASA issued a statement strongly condemning the actions of three Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station, who recently posed with flags considered anti-Ukraine propaganda. In pictures posted by Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, the…
Team members with the Mid-Infrared Instrument, a camera aboard the observatory, will celebrate the images at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages MIRI for NASA.
NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will…
A new study using archival observations by the now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope found a common trait among distant worlds where the exotic clouds form.
Most clouds on Earth are made of water, but beyond our planet they come in many chemical varieties. The top of Jupiter’s atmosphere, for example, is blanketed in yellow-hued clouds made of ammonia and ammonium hydrosulfide. And on worlds…