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| | | | | I get a lot of questions asking why the James Webb Space Telescope is infrared, and how its images can hope to compare to the (primarily) optical Hubble Space Telescope. Why would NASA build something that isn't going to capture beautiful images exactly like Hubble does? The short answer to this is that JWST will absolutely capture beautiful images of the universe, even if it won't see exactly what Hubble does. (Spoiler: it will see a lot of things even better.) There are legit scientific reasons for JWS... | |
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| | | | | Earth likely passed through "a fold in theheliospheric current sheet," which induced a powerful electrical surge down here on the ground. While science news is filled with rumbling earthquakes and rippling gravitational waves, a different kind of perturbation was felt in Norway yesterday (Jan. 6)-but its cause is a little mysterious. "Electrical currents started flowing,"... | |
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| | | | | Explore the eight (or nine) planets of the solar system in order from nearest to the sun and discover the many wonders of our solar system along the way. | |
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| | | Discover what the ELT Telescope is, the largest astronomical project under construction. Explore its features and objectives in the search for life and distant galaxies. | ||