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Webb telescope has a new mission: surveillance of a threatening asteroid

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the naked eye, called infrared. Infrared light is largely heat energy, allowing Webb to observe the heat from distant objects, whether they're planets or distant galaxies.

Forbes · 2d

NASA’s Webb Telescope To Scan Asteroid Threatening To Hit Earth

Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.

Newsweek · 4h

NASA Issues Update on Chance of Giant Asteroid Hitting Earth

The asteroid was first detected on December 27, 2024, and is between 130 to 300 feet wide, NASA's risk list of near-Earth objects shows. It is currently the most dangerous space object near Earth, according to NASA,

Gizmodo · 1d

NASA Calls in Webb Telescope to Track Recently Identified Hazardous Asteroid

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are shifting, with the space rock now carrying a 1-in-48 chance of collision.

The Mirror US on MSN · 1d

NASA rallies and makes urgent decision to tackle asteroid hurtling towards Earth

The asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 has the highest Earth collision probability ever recorded on the European Space Agency's scale, catapulting it to the very top of their 'asteroid risk list'

Euclid Telescope Spots Rare Einstein Ring'

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Space telescope reveals rare ‘Einstein ring’ phenomenon with startling clarity

The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help solve the universe’s mysteries.

HuffPost · 1d

Space Telescope Detects Rare 'Einstein Ring' Of Light Around Galaxy

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away,

Yahoo · 1d

Euclid Telescope Spots Rare 'Einstein Ring' In Nearby Galaxy

Euclid telescope has located a rare hoop of light called an "Einstein ring" in a nearby elliptical galaxy. Though the galaxy has been on humans' radar for 140 years, its halo is new—and it has a lot to teach Euclid about the dark universe.

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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

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NASA’s New, $4 Billion Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

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James Webb Space Telescope unveils region with newborn star: See stunning photo

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

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‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea

The team announced its “ultrahigh energy” neutrino on Wednesday, in a paper published in the journal Nature. The finding ...

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NASA’s New Asteroid Hunter Takes a Big Step Toward Protecting Earth

NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared ...

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James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they'll likely turn into exoplanets

Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this celestial spectacle, known as Herbig Haro 30 or HH 30, highlights a ...

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A New Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery

we'll be able to place new constraints on the properties of dark energy.” The telescope has a lot of assembly and other work ahead of it before it finally takes to space atop a SpaceX Falcon ...

The Independent on MSN14h

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope reveals ancient surface of Pluto and other celestial bodies for the first time

Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...

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