Washington, June 10 (IANS) The next-generation and powerful James Webb telescope was hit by space debris called micrometeoroid, leading to a “marginally detectable effect in the data” but has suffered no damage, according to NASA. Since its launch on December 25 last year, the Webb telescope faced four smaller measurable micrometeoroid strikes. However, this most…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The first liquid mirror telescope in the country and the largest in Asia – commissioned atop Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand – will now keep a watch on the overhead sky to identify transient or variable objects such as supernovae, gravitational lenses, space debris, and asteroids. The Indian Liquid Mirror…
Washington, May 31 (IANS) NASA’s much celebrated James Webb Space Telescope is just weeks away from full operation. The huge telescope plans to start it’s in-depth science investigation by exploring strange, new rocky worlds in unprecedented detail. According to NASA, it will study two hot exoplanets classified as “super-Earths” for their size and rocky composition:…
Washington, April 14 (IANS) An instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final operating temperature – minus 266 degrees Celsius, NASA officials have said. Along with three other instruments onboard Webb, Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) – a joint development by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) – initially cooled off in the shade…
Washington, Feb 20 (IANS) The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory’s 18-segmented primary mirror. The alignment was done using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument. The observatory looked at a single star that was deliberately rendered 18 times into a hexagonal shape….
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