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    Mars is mighty in first Webb observations of Red Planet

    September 20, 2022, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    First Webb observations of Mars
    First Webb observations of Mars

    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured its first images and spectra of Mars Sept. 5. The telescope, an international collaboration with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), provides a unique perspective with its infrared sensitivity on our neighboring planet, complementing data being collected by orbiters, rovers, and other telescopes.

    Webb’s unique observation post nearly a million miles away at the sun-Earth Lagrange point 2 (L2) provides a view of Mars’s observable disk (the portion of the sunlit side that is facing the telescope)...

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    Webb captures Stellar Gymnastics in the Cartwheel Galaxy

    August 3, 2022, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    A large pink, speckled galaxy resembling a wheel with with a small, inner oval, with dusty blue in between on the right, with two smaller spiral galaxies about the same size to the left against a black background.
    Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Webb’s powerful infrared gaze produced a detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies. The image provides a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years.

    The Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is a rare sight...

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