ScientistPankaj: James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning image of Neptune's rings and moons

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James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning image of Neptune's rings and moons

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NASA investigating glitch on James Webb Space Telescope's ultracold camera

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James Webb Space Telescope's ultracold camera has experienced a technical glitch that is forcing the ground team to postpone some observations. The issue affects one of four observing modes of the Mid-Infrared Instrument.

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James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning image of Neptune's rings and moons

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured its first image of the solar system ice giant Neptune, revealing the planet in a whole new light.

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NASA's DART mission will put on an asteroid-smashing show next week

(NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)

On Sept. 26, NASA's DART mission will do something that's never been done - and we'll get to watch it live.

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured the first detailed look at Neptune's ring system for more than 30 years. Prior to these new images, what was the last spacecraft to have captured images of the ice giant's rings?

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Skywatching

See the moon buzz the Beehive cluster on Wednesday (Sept. 21)

(Starry Night Software)

The waning crescent moon will be around three degrees from the Beehive Cluster, which itself spans a width equivalent to about three moons.

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Science & Astronomy

What are neutrinos?

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Neutrinos are some of the most mysterious particles in nature, capable of passing through the Earth like it wasn't there.

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NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission spots Jupiter and its moons

(NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission captured a photo of Jupiter and its four largest moons to test the autonomous navigation system that will lead the spacecraft to collide with an asteroid next week.

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SpaceX

SpaceX Starship orbital flight 'highly likely' in November, Elon Musk says

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SpaceX is gearing up for the first-ever orbital test flight of Starship, the giant vehicle it's building to take cargo and people to the moon, Mars and other distant destinations. And that landmark try may be just around the corner.

Full Story: Space (9/21)