Tag: James Webb Space Telescope
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Ancient black hole sheds new light on Webb’s Little Red Dots
Using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has performed the first direct measurement of a supermassive black hole in the early universe. A pair of recently published studies investigating this black hole provide new insight into the nature of the elusive little red dots (LRD),…
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STMicroelectronics Targets $3 Billion in Space Revenue on Growing LEO Demand
STMicroelectronics expects to generate more than $3 billion in revenue from its space-related business over the next three years, driven by growing demand in low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite programs and continued collaboration with SpaceX. Speaking during a virtual presentation, Remi El-Ouazzane, president of Microcontrollers, Digital ICs and RF Products at STMicroelectronics, said the company’s LEO-related…
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Webb discovers rapidly growing black hole in the very early universe
Using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, a group of astronomers has discovered a supermassive black hole within the distant galaxy CANUCS-LRD-z8.6. The galaxy is among the farthest ever observed, with Webb imaging it as it was just 570 million years after the Big Bang. CANUCS-LRD-z8.6 is a part of…
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Wide-field surveys versus precise infrared observations: how Rubin compares to JWST
Earlier this year, the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile officially began scientific operations, becoming the world’s largest and most advanced ground-based telescope. Featuring an eight-meter primary mirror and the world’s largest camera, Rubin promises to deliver exceptional new results and astrophysical research opportunities for scientists worldwide. Meanwhile, situated at the L2 Lagrange point…
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Webb reveals structures in planetary nebula, sheds new light on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
The joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope recently observed the remnants of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The resulting colorful cloud is known as a planetary nebula, and structures in this nebula revealed by Webb hint at the presence of a companion star. Meanwhile, a team of scientists used…
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Webb, Keck observe Titan; find clouds and carbon molecule in northern hemisphere
By combining data from the Keck II telescope and the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, a group of scientists observed cloud convection in the northern hemisphere of Saturn’s moon Titan — the first time such atmospheric activity has been observed in the region. A majority of Titan’s methane lakes and…
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Webb investigates protoplanetary disk in extreme detail, observes glowing interstellar material
The joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope, located at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, recently utilized its extraordinary suite of infrared instruments to investigate and image a protoplanetary disk around a newborn star. Webb’s observations provided scientists with unprecedented views of the disk, material jets, and…
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Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
From its halo-like orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is seeing farther than human eyes have ever seen. In May, astronomers announced that Webb detected the most distant galaxy found so far, a fuzzy blob of red light that we see as it existed just 290 million years after…
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Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
From its halo-like orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is seeing farther than human eyes have ever seen. In May, astronomers announced that Webb detected the most distant galaxy found so far, a fuzzy blob of red light that we see as it existed just 290 million years after…
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Webb finds never-before-seen structures above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope, a group of scientists has discovered a variety of never-before-seen features in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere. The features were found in the atmospheric region above the iconic Great Red Spot—a high-pressure region in Jupiter’s atmosphere that produces a massive…