Space news weekly recap: Artemis I cryogenic test to Webb images of Mars

Space news weekly recap: Artemis I cryogenic test to Webb images of Mars

NASA’s Artemis 1 cryogenic tanking demonstration test After the demonstration, launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said that all the objectives have been met. After hours of issues, NASA eventually managed to load nearly 1 4 million litres of fuel into the rocket. After the aborted launch attempt on September 3, the space agency had replaced two […]

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James Webb Space Telescope captures Tarantula Nebula in its full splendour

James Webb Space Telescope captures Tarantula Nebula in its full splendour

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured this beautiful image of a nebula called 30 Doradus. It is also referred to as the Tarantula Nebula because of the dusty filaments that feature prominently in previous telescope images of the nebula. This stellar nursery has been a favourite target of astronomers studying star formation and this […]

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James Webb Space Telescope captures image of near-perfect ‘Einstein ring’

James Webb Space Telescope captures image of near-perfect ‘Einstein ring’

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of an almost perfect “Einstein ring.” An Einstein ring is a ring of light created when light from a galaxy, star or other light-emitting cosmic objects passes near a massive object before it reaches the Earth, or in this case, the Webb telescope. When this happens, […]

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