Category Archives: Astronomy

Is JWST out of focus or have we lost our vision?

JWST a Mirror into NASA’s Future? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)could prove to be one if the most important missions that not just NASA but mankind has ever undertaken….

NASA Launches Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05a.m. EDT Thursday from Cape…

Kepler Failure Interrupts Science Data Collection

Kepler Hardware Failure causes it to temporarily stop observations The Kepler Satellite, known for many discoveries of planets outside of our solar system, has experienced the failure of one of…

Second JWST Main Instrument Delivered

(Source NASA ) – The second of four main instruments to fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to NASA. The Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) will…

Telescope Captures Sharpest Images of Sun’s Corona

WASHINGTON — A telescope launched July 11 aboard a NASA sounding rocket has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun’s million-degree atmosphere called the corona. The clarity of…

NASA’S Spitzer Finds Evidence for an Exoplanet Smaller than Earth

WASHINGTON — Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth. The exoplanet candidate, called UCF-1.01, is located a mere…

Hubble Telescope Finds Pluto’s Fifth Moon

A new moon has been found orbiting Pluto scientists announced today (July 11). Using NASA”s Hubble Space Telescope, Researchers for the new moon. This brings the number of known moons…

Private Space Telescope Project has the potential to Boost Asteroid Mining

The goal of a newly announced private space telescope may be protecting Earth, but the instrument could also help out prospective asteroid miners. The nonprofit B612 Foundation’s Sentinel space telescope should discover…