James Webb Space Telescope Orbit

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth anytime soon, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently ... NASA assures that the moon's orbit around Earth would not be ...

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NASA’s Webb captures first glimpse of asteroid once seen as earth’s biggest threat

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of an asteroid that was once ranked as the biggest threat to Earth. Earlier this year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 shot to the top of the planetary defense watchlist after it was predicted to have a 3 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4, which will make a perilously close ...

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James Webb Space Telescope could find signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

James Webb Telescope discovers mysterious free-floating planet drifting through space

Known as SIMP 0136, the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope caught a glimpse of it floating through the universe all by ...

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Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space

A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...

Space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement' but legacy endures

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...

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James Webb Telescope may detect alien life on 'Hycean' planets

The James Webb Space Telescope could potentially detect signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds, possibly the most ...

Gaia Telescope To Be Switched Off Today! ESA Prepares To Send It Into 'Retirement Orbit'

The Milky Way-mapper Gaia telescope is being switched off today. The European Space Agency (ESA) said on March 27 that Gaia's ...

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NASA credits 'lucky alignment' for breathtaking image of cosmic tornado

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled an awe-inspiring ... first crewed mission in orbit over Earth's poles March 31 (UPI) -- SpaceX successfully launched Fram2, the first crewed ...

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NASA’s Webb captures 1st glimpse of asteroid once seen