Friday, July 15, 2022

NASA Delivers First Batch of Images from James Webb Space Telescope

07/15/2022

NEWS & FEATURES

NASA delivers first batch of images from James Webb Space Telescope
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

The most sophisticated and ambitious space telescope ever built has finally started its science mission.

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Rewinding the clock on Eta Carinae's
NASA/CXC; Optical: NASA/STScI

New research provides the first estimate of the X-ray energy released during the powerful stellar blast.

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Twinkle, twinkle, Sagittarius A*
Chris White, Princeton University

A new simulation shows our galaxy’s central black hole is feeding off nearby stars.

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Why are we fascinated by stories of UFOs and aliens visiting Earth?
ktsdesign/Shutterstock

About 75 percent of Americans believe in extraterrestrials, and encounter stories are scattered throughout history. But our attitude towards aliens has evolved in recent years.

Ask Astro
NASA/SDO, AIA

How are so many exoplanets detected via transits, while transits of Mercury and Venus are so rare? Do all the chance transit alignments fit statistically?

OBSERVING

The sky this week
NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central. 

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Video game star
Chuck Ayoub from Redford, Michigan

To create this image of the Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) in the constellation Cassiopeia the Queen, the photographer captured 6.83 hours of exposures through Hydrogen-alpha, Oxygen-III, and Sulfur-II narrowband filters.

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