Tag: NASA
Webb scratches beyond surface of Cat’s Paw
It’s the cat’s meow! To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has [...]
Webb ‘pierces’ through the Bullet Cluster
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently zeroed in on the Bullet Cluster, delivering highly detailed images that show a greater abundance of extrem [...]
Ringed planets, more than mere decoration
Though we think of rings as being decorative elements of a planet, they are active, dynamic structures.
For centuries Saturn was famous as our sol [...]
Webb can see the early universe
When astronomers use a telescope to look farther away, they are also looking back in time.
When we look out into the universe, we see a variety of [...]
Bacteria aligns to magnetic field, needs friends to survive
In her book "Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity and Finding Your Life's Purpose," the sociologist and life coach Martha Beck describes two differe [...]
Titan Forecast: Partly Cloudy, Methane Showers
Saturn’s moon Titan is an intriguing world cloaked in a yellowish, smoggy haze. Similar to Earth, the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen and has weather, [...]
NASA searching for help to classify galaxies
NASA is seeking the public's help to classify thousands of galaxies imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), reported Space.com.
Through t [...]
Webb brings in full dying star’s energetic display
Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514 came into complete focus thanks to mid-infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Teles [...]
Dragonfly clears key step for 2028 launch to Titan
NASA's pioneering Dragonfly mission has cleared a key hurdle, keeping it on track for a 2028 launch to Saturn's huge moon Titan.
Dragonfly, a car- [...]
Webb unmasks nature of Cosmic Tornado
Craving an ice cream sundae with a cherry on top? This random alignment of Herbig-Haro 49/50, a frothy-looking outflow from a nearby protostar, with [...]