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The Vanishing Act: Why Saturn’s rings are disappearing
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The Vanishing Act: Why Saturn’s rings are disappearing

Can you imagine Saturn without its rings? Yes, they are eroding. They will disappear in a few hundred million years and while this sounds like a long time, it’s a ‘quick death’ in the history of the universe, says a lead researcher

On the edge of Universe: In a rare moment, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures a dying star
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On the edge of Universe: In a rare moment, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures a dying star

Astronomers caught the dying moments a star in great detail. Scientists at NASA were able to observe the final moments of the star, before it started turning into a supernova. The star in question is the Wolf-Rayet 124, situated about 15000 lightyears away

NASA names longtime solar physicist, Nicola Fox, as agency's science chief
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NASA names longtime solar physicist, Nicola Fox, as agency's science chief

Fox will lead NASA's science directorate, a unit with an annual budget of roughly $7 billion that oversees some of the agency's best-known programs from the robotic hunts for past life on Mars to exploring distant galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope

What are the enormous 'universe breaker' galaxies discovered by NASA's James Webb telescope?
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What are the enormous 'universe breaker' galaxies discovered by NASA's James Webb telescope?

Astronomers discovered six massive galaxies that existed between 500 million and 700 million years after the big bang that formed the universe. The revelation is fundamentally upending accepted views regarding the creation of galaxies

WATCH: Huge portion of the Sun breaks off from the surface, swirls around its North Pole
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WATCH: Huge portion of the Sun breaks off from the surface, swirls around its North Pole

Researchers at NASA were baffled when they saw a piece of the Sun, breaking off from its surface and creating a vortex around its North Pole. Scientists are still trying to understand what impact this event will have on Earth, and when.

China continues to expand space programme, unveils plan to launch the largest optical telescope in Asia
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China continues to expand space programme, unveils plan to launch the largest optical telescope in Asia

Because of NASA's policies, China was isolated from a number of global space collaborations. As a result, China is boosting the Chinese Space Programme massively. After launching the Tiangong Space Station last year, China now plans on launching their own Very Large Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope captures Jupiter like never before
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James Webb Space Telescope captures Jupiter like never before

Jupiter’s images are some of the most iconic space images that nearly everyone has seen. New images from the JWS telescope show the planet with new details.

James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago
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James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago

The galaxy is known as GLASS-z13, which dates back to 300 million years after the Big Bang, about 100 million years earlier than anything previously identified

NASA's James Webb telescope detects water on distant planet
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NASA's James Webb telescope detects water on distant planet

While the Hubble Space Telescope has analysed numerous exoplanet atmospheres over the past two decades, capturing the first clear detection of water in 2013, Webb's more detailed observation marks a giant leap forward in the quest to characterise potentially habitable planets beyond Earth

NASA releases next wave of images from James Webb Space Telescope
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NASA releases next wave of images from James Webb Space Telescope

One new image on Tuesday shows water vapour in the atmosphere of a faraway gas planet. The spectroscopy -- an analysis of light that reveals detailed information -- was of planet WASP-96 b, which was discovered in 2014

Explained: The James Webb telescope that brought us an image of how the universe looked 13 billion years ago
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Explained: The James Webb telescope that brought us an image of how the universe looked 13 billion years ago

The James Webb telescope, built at a cost of $10 billion, has seen many delays before it was launched in December 2021. Reported to be the most powerful telescope, it looks to reshape our understanding of the dawn of the universe

NASA's giant James Webb telescope spots its first star, takes a 'selfie'
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NASA's giant James Webb telescope spots its first star, takes a 'selfie'

The image capturing process began on February 2, with Webb pointing at different positions around the predicted location of the star

James Webb telescope reaches final destination, a million miles from Earth
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James Webb telescope reaches final destination, a million miles from Earth

Webb will begin its work by summer, which includes using its high resolution infrared instruments to peer back in time 13.5 billion years to the first generation of galaxies that formed after the Big Bang

James Webb telescope unfurls mirror 'golden eye', completes full deployment
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James Webb telescope unfurls mirror 'golden eye', completes full deployment

Flight controllers in Baltimore began opening the primary mirror of the telescope on 7 January, 2022, unfolding the left side like a drop-leaf table

World's most powerful space telescope sets off on million-mile voyage
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World's most powerful space telescope sets off on million-mile voyage

The James Webb Space Telescope is set to beam back new clues that will help scientists understand more about the origins of the universe and Earth-like planets beyond our solar system

James Webb Space Telescope: Why the world’s astronomers are very, very anxious right now
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James Webb Space Telescope: Why the world’s astronomers are very, very anxious right now

After $10 billion and years of delays, the telescope is finally scheduled to lift off from a European launch site in French Guiana on its way to a point 1 million miles on the other side of the moon

Astronomer on James Webb telescope team explains how and why we are sending a giant telescope to space?
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Astronomer on James Webb telescope team explains how and why we are sending a giant telescope to space?

The Webb team will continue to rehearse and practice until the launch date in December, but our work is far from done after Webb is folded and loaded into the rocket.

Final testing of the James Webb space telescope is complete, it is getting ready for its 31 October launch
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Final testing of the James Webb space telescope is complete, it is getting ready for its 31 October launch

The telescope will observe the universe from the vantage point of Lagrangian Point 2 (L2), located some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth.

Understanding exoplanets: Unraveling the mysteries of planets that are hotter than stars
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Understanding exoplanets: Unraveling the mysteries of planets that are hotter than stars

Kelt-9 b might've formed away from its parent star and had a violent past with collisions happening as it migrated inwards.

James Webb telescope clears functional tests, inches closer to planned 31 Oct launch
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James Webb telescope clears functional tests, inches closer to planned 31 Oct launch

The telescope is a successor of NASA’s Hubble Telescope, and researchers are hoping it will complement and extend its discoveries.