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small space rocks CLASH into James Webb Space TELESCOPE BUT IT’S still fully operational

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Between May 23 and 25, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope encountered an impact on one of its primary mirror segments. after examining the impact, the Webb team reported that the telescope is still operating at a level that exceeds all mission expectations despite the marginal impact. According to NASA, NASA’s Webb will continue to encounter […]

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Hubble Space Telescope finds the answer to why Uranus and Neptune are different shades of blue

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By using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini North Telescope, and the Infrared Telescope Facility, astronomers created an atmospheric model that not only matches the observations of the ice giants but also reveals that Uranus has excess haze builds up in its stagnant, sluggish atmosphere, and gives it a lighter blue than Neptune. Neptune

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