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Neptune and rings shine in photos from new space telescope

Nasa has released new shots of Neptune, the solar system’s outermost planet, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The pictures, taken in July, show not only Neptune’s thin rings, but its faint dust bands, never before observed in the infrared, ...

21 Sept 2022 at 20:01

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Space telescope’s image of star gets photobombed by galaxies

Nasa’s new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. The image from the James Webb Space Telescope is a test shot – not an official ...

17 Mar 2022 at 15:25

How a hat box inspired the Jodrell Bank Observatory telescope

The design of the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory was inspired by a hat box, according to memories shared by one engineer with his family. Previously unseen photos showing the construction of prototypes of the telescope in the ...

30 May 2022 at 01:01

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Astronomers capture first image of Milky Way’s black hole

The world got a look on Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, including our own, have these giant black holes at their ...

12 May 2022 at 15:55

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Astronomers discover farthest star yet – but it’s long gone

Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos. But this luminous blue star is long gone, so massive that it almost certainly exploded ...

30 Mar 2022 at 17:55

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Nasa’s new space telescope ‘hunky-dory’ after problems fixed

Nasa’s new space telescope is doing well more than a week after lift-off, following a pair of problems overcome by ground controllers, officials have said. The tennis court-size sunshield on the James Webb Space Telescope is now fully ...

03 Jan 2022 at 20:55

World

Nasa nails trickiest job on newly launched space telescope

Nasa has successfully completed the most complicated and critical job on its newly launched space telescope: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court. Ground controllers cheered and bumped fists once the fifth ...

04 Jan 2022 at 20:55

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

A month after it lifted off on a quest to discover the dawn of the universe, the world’s most powerful space telescope has reached its final destination a million miles from Earth. The 10 billion dollar James Webb Space Telescope ...

25 Jan 2022 at 13:33

World

New space telescope reaches final stop one million miles out

The world’s most powerful space telescope has reached its final destination a million miles from Earth – a month after it lifted off on a quest to discover the dawn of the universe. The 10 billion dollar James Webb Space ...

24 Jan 2022 at 21:25

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Offaly might answer the call to extra-terrestrial life if the call comes

Since the Third Earl of Rosse began work on his world-changing Leviathan telescope in the early 1840's Birr has been at the centre of the world of celestial exploration - and scientists say if aliens make contact with ...

16 Oct 2022 at 15:33

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'It's all quite incredible' - James Webb Telescope captures dramatic new images of Jupiter

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before – auroras and all. Scientists released the shots of the solar system’s biggest planet on Monday. The James Webb Space Telescope took ...

22 Aug 2022 at 23:33

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New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras and tiny moons

22 Aug 2022 at 20:22

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