Discover what exist in the universe
The world’s most powerful telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, will be launched in October of 2018. In addition to searching the skies for new planets and perhaps other forms of life, it will also be studying some of the oldest objects in the universe, helping us better understand how […]
The James Webb Telescope, the successor to Hubble, has recently made an astonishing discovery that could change everything we know about the universe and life on Earth. After being launched into space via NASA’s Apollo rocket, the telescope was able to detect organic molecules on the exoplanet known as Proxima […]
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), formerly called Next Generation Spectroscopic Utility with second generation Adaptive Optics (NGSOFT), will be cooled to just 0.01 K above absolute zero, or -273 C (-459 F). Why would you want to cool something so cold? Colder objects emit […]
For many years, humanity has been searching the stars and asking ourselves if there are any other Earths out there, filled with life just like ours. Well, we still don’t have an answer to that question, but we are now beginning to find more and more stars which seem to […]
The James Webb Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2018, is already one of the most complex scientific instruments ever constructed by man, and it will need to capture thousands of images of some of the most distant phenomena in our universe before its mission ends in 2028. In order to […]
Telescopes are great for many reasons. They allow you to see things that you would normally not be able to see with the naked eye. By using these devices, you can view the moon and stars, planets and galaxies, as well as animals and flowers from a distance. But what’s […]
So what does the James Webb Telescope, which will be orbiting 1 million miles from Earth, have to do with the Big Bang? Plenty, actually. The telescope will allow scientists to see farther into the past than ever before, revealing previously unknown details about our universe’s formation and expansion. It […]
In 1977, NASA sent two spacecraft into space on an exploration mission unlike any other. The Voyager 1 and 2 were sent to explore the outer boundaries of our solar system and beyond. And it’s just been announced that after nearly 8 years in space, Voyager has made a horrifying […]
The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest telescope ever launched into space, but it’s not without its issues. One of the biggest issues involves its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). Originally, the James Webb Space Telescope was set to launch in 2013 and become operational by 2016, but a failure […]
NASA has launched the first-ever spacecraft designed to intercept and smack an asteroid with a glancing blow, providing valuable information that could help protect Earth from similar impacts in the future. The agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will attempt to slow down an approaching space rock called Didymos B, […]
