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James Webb Space Telescope notches crucial maneuver to set its path
SPACE.com - 26 Dec 2021 04:05
The James Webb Space Telescope is truly on its way.
'29 days on the edge:' What's next for NASA's newly launched James Webb Space Telescope
SPACE.com - 26 Dec 2021 15:01
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally aloft, but it'll be a while before it starts its highly anticipated science mission.
James Webb Telescope Begins Its Journey
SpaceRef - 26 Dec 2021 01:01
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe's Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana....
Largest collection of free-floating planets found in the Milky Way
Phys.org - 26 Dec 2021 16:50
Using observations and archival data from several of NSF's NOIRLab's observatories, together with observations from telescopes around the world and in orbit, astronomers have discovered at least 70 new free-floating plan...
James Webb Space Telescope 26 December, 2021 Update - First Mid-Course Correction Burn Completed
SpaceRef - 26 Dec 2021 16:19
At 7:50 pm EST, December 25, 2021, Webb's first mid-course correction burn began....
5 space missions to look forward to now that Webb has launched
SPACE.com - 26 Dec 2021 14:59
The James Webb Space Telescope was a decade late and $10 billion over budget, but it has finally launched.
'Wind' from Earth's middle layer blows through a secret passage beneath Panama
SPACE.com - 26 Dec 2021 14:40
The mysterious presence of mantle materials more than 1,000 miles (1,609 km) from where they originated may be explained by a 'window' 62 miles (100 kilometers) below the Earth's surface.
Rare wispy ice formations streak across the sea near Antarctica in beautiful satellite images
SPACE.com - 26 Dec 2021 14:40
Recent satellite images captured by Landsat 8 show a rare windswept sea ice formation over water in Antarctica.
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