Will NASA rename the James Webb Space Telescope? A space expert explains the Lavender Scare controversy
2 years, 5 months ago

Will NASA rename the James Webb Space Telescope? A space expert explains the Lavender Scare controversy

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The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are astounding. It's named after a NASA administrator who has been associated with the persecution of queer people in the "Lavender Scare" of the 1950s and '60s. James Webb Space Telescope Q&A Photo shows A collection of five galaxies as seen from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope We asked you to put your questions to the experts about NASA's new images of our cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope is a touchstone for issues that have come to the fore in recent times.

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Why the James Webb Space Telescope has been a gift to humanity
3 months ago

Why the James Webb Space Telescope has been a gift to humanity

Salon  

As the finger-like celestial objects seem to grasp into the heavens, the Pillars of Creation are almost impossible to adequately describe with human language. Siegel's new book, "Infinite Cosmos: Visions From the James Webb Space Telescope," was released on Oct. 8th. Images of the Pillars of Creation taken from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2014 and a new, near-infrared-light view …

NASA celebrates James Webb Space Telescope's first anniversary with mesmerizing image of star's birth in stunning detail
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA celebrates James Webb Space Telescope's first anniversary with mesmerizing image of star's birth in stunning detail

Hindustan Times  

The James Webb Space Telescope has marked its first anniversary with a breathtaking image showcasing the birth of a star in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. In this photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane, Close encounter with stellar creation The newly released image features the closest star-forming region to …

Why stunning Webb telescope images are becoming a new normal
2 years, 5 months ago

Why stunning Webb telescope images are becoming a new normal

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But when he saw a new raw James Webb Space Telescope image of a nearby galaxy on …

Op-Ed: The Webb telescope photos are a welcome antidote to the grim facts of today
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: The Webb telescope photos are a welcome antidote to the grim facts of today

LA Times  

A photo of the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region in the Carina Nebula revealing previously obscured areas of star birth, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Science & Medicine Cosmic beauty shots from NASA’s Webb telescope The world gets its first glimpse of ancient light courtesy of NASA’s Webb telescope, the most sophisticated and ambitious deep-space viewing …

NASA Releases More Images From Powerful Webb Space Telescope
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA Releases More Images From Powerful Webb Space Telescope

Huff Post  

NASA on Tuesday released more images from the James Webb Space Telescope, a day after President Joe Biden unveiled the first image at the White House. A transmission spectrum made from a single observation using Webb’s Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph reveals atmospheric characteristics of the hot gas giant exoplanet WASP-96 b. NASA These images of NGC 3132, known informally …

What is James Webb Space Telescope and why are the new images so important?
2 years, 5 months ago

What is James Webb Space Telescope and why are the new images so important?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope have been made public, …

NASA releases next wave of images from James Webb Space Telescope; scientists react
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA releases next wave of images from James Webb Space Telescope; scientists react

India TV News  

Highlights NASA released a fresh batch of images from its most powerful space observatory World’s most powerful space telescope rocketed away last December from French Guiana President Joe Biden marvelled at the image that he said showed “the oldest documented light" James Webb Space Telescope new images: NASA on Tuesday released a fresh batch of images from its most powerful …

Save the date! First picture taken by James Webb Telescope comes out on......
2 years, 7 months ago

Save the date! First picture taken by James Webb Telescope comes out on......

India Today  

Nearly six months after it was launched on a cloudy day from French Guiana, the James Webb Telescope is all set to send back its first full colour image from 15,00,000 kilometers away. Once each of Webb’s instruments has been calibrated, tested, and given the green light by its science and engineering teams, the first images and spectroscopic observations will …

Webb telescope’s sharp views of the universe will change astronomy
2 years, 8 months ago

Webb telescope’s sharp views of the universe will change astronomy

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “These are the sharpest infrared images ever taken by a space telescope,” said Michael McElwain, Webb observatory project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, during a news conference Monday. But the most striking result came from a comparison of images taken of the same target by Webb’s Mid-Infrared …

Webb telescope shares new image after reaching optics milestone
2 years, 9 months ago

Webb telescope shares new image after reaching optics milestone

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “The images are focused together as finely as the laws of physics allow,” said Marshall Perrin, Webb deputy telescope scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. “But as we were focusing on those bright stars, we couldn’t help but see the rest of the universe coming into focus behind them, …

James Webb Space Telescope: What’s next for the alien hunter and when will it send first photos of the stars?
2 years, 11 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope: What’s next for the alien hunter and when will it send first photos of the stars?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope is now safely launched, but there is still …

James Webb Space Telescope launches successfully after years of delay
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope launches successfully after years of delay

Live Mint  

The James Webb Space Telescope launched successfully early Saturday, rising skyward aboard an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off at 7:20 a.m. Eastern Standard Time from a pad in Kourou, French Guiana, and beginning a 29-day journey to its orbital perch some 1 million miles from Earth. “Milestone achieved," the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a tweet after …

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on a mission to unlock secrets of universe | WATCH
3 years ago

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on a mission to unlock secrets of universe | WATCH

India TV News  

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky. But he cautioned: “When …

NASA's revolutionary new space telescope launched
3 years ago

NASA's revolutionary new space telescope launched

The Hindu  

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built to give the world a glimpse of the universe as it existed when the first galaxies formed, was launched by rocket early on December 25 from South America’s northeastern coast, opening a new era of astronomy. The revolutionary $9-billion infrared telescope, hailed by NASA as the premier space-science observatory of the next decade, was …

James Webb Space Telescope vs Hubble - the differences explained
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope vs Hubble - the differences explained

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Don’t ask astronomers to choose between the Hubble Space Telescope and the new …

James Webb Space Telescope, world’s largest, lifts off into orbit
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope, world’s largest, lifts off into orbit

Al Jazeera  

The $9bn observatory seeks out faint light from the first stars and galaxies, providing a glimpse into cosmic creation. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the morning sky on Saturday. “It’s going to give us a better understanding of our universe and our place in it: …

Comparing the veteran Hubble vs. the new Webb space telescope
3 years ago

Comparing the veteran Hubble vs. the new Webb space telescope

LA Times  

Don’t ask astronomers to choose between the Hubble Space Telescope and the new kid on the cosmic block, the James Webb Space Telescope. “Comparing Hubble and Webb is like asking if you will love your second child as much as your first,” said Susan Mullally, Webb’s deputy project scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. Webb gives us …

James Webb Space Telescope: An infrared detective that will reveal the universe
3 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope: An infrared detective that will reveal the universe

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “We can currently see galaxies back to 500 million to 600 million years post-Big Bang, nearly 13 billion years ago,” said Marcia Rieke, a Regents Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory and principal investigator for the Near Infrared Camera on the Webb telescope. “After all, galaxies don’t spring …

Why some astronomers once feared NASA's James Webb Space Telescope would never launch
3 years ago

Why some astronomers once feared NASA's James Webb Space Telescope would never launch

NPR  

Why some astronomers once feared NASA's James Webb Space Telescope would never launch Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Goddard Space Flight Center When the rocket carrying the James Webb Space Telescope finally takes to the skies, it will be the culmination of decades of work by scientists and engineers who sometimes feared that the …

How Webb will take us to the universe’s first galaxies
3 years ago

How Webb will take us to the universe’s first galaxies

Live Mint  

Last year, University of Melbourne, Australia, researchers collaborated with the US space agency Nasa on a study to understand, through computer simulations, just how powerful the James Webb Space Telescope could be. FILE - In this April 13, 2017 photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space …

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is about to launch. Some want to rename it
3 years, 1 month ago

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is about to launch. Some want to rename it

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. A former NASA official named the telescope for James Webb, NASA’s second-ever administrator who oversaw the moon landing program that would grow the agency into a major scientific force. But in the 2004 book “The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government,” historian David K. …

The most powerful telescope ever built is about to change how we see the universe
3 years, 1 month ago

The most powerful telescope ever built is about to change how we see the universe

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier observatory of the next decade, is expected to launch on December 25. But the world’s most powerful complex space observatory will answer questions about our solar system, study exoplanets in new ways and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been …

Advising committee member resigns after NASA refuses to change telescope named after homophobic former administrator
3 years, 2 months ago

Advising committee member resigns after NASA refuses to change telescope named after homophobic former administrator

Firstpost  

The telescope was originally named just ‘Next Generation Space Telescope,’ but in 2002, then NASA boss Sean O’Keefe renamed it to honour Webb, who had served the US space agency during the Apollo era. A member of NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee resigned on 12 October from the committee in protest against the space agency refusing to rename its next-generation James …

NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy

NPR  

NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team In December, NASA is scheduled to launch the huge $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, which is sometimes billed as the successor to the aging Hubble Space Telescope. …

James Webb Telescope delayed again: Nasa, ESA target December 18 launch
3 years, 4 months ago

James Webb Telescope delayed again: Nasa, ESA target December 18 launch

India Today  

Weeks after completing the testing of equipment and conducting final checks, Nasa and the European Space Agency has jointly announced that the James Webb Telescope will be launched on December 18. The space agency aims to complete the final mission analysis review for its launch, shipment of the Ariane 5 launch vehicle elements from continental Europe to French Guiana, and …

James Webb Space Telescope tests its giant mirror ahead of 2021 launch
4 years, 9 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope tests its giant mirror ahead of 2021 launch

CNN  

CNN — When it launches in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope will be the premier observatory of the next decade, according to NASA. This is a great achievement and an inspiring image for the entire team,” said Lee Feinberg, optical telescope element manager for Webb at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. In the case of James …

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