Tea James Webb Space Telescope — once the black beast of space science — continues to dazzle now it is happily ensconced in space. On Friday, April 1, NASA revealed that the telescope has completed stage six of its seven-step set-up process ahead of schedule. The Webb Telescope is on track to come online in …
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The Goldilocks zone gets its name from the fairy tale, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. Goldilocks is a fussy little girl whose porridge has to be just right — neither too hot nor too cold. It’s the same with life itself — or at least, the kind of water-based life we’re familiar with on Earth. …
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new method of identifying gravitational wave signals using quantum computing could provide a valuable new tool for future astrophysicists. A team from the University of Glasgow’s School of Physics & Astronomy have developed a quantum algorithm to drastically cut down the time it takes to match gravitational wave signals against …
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The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 18. NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. The two-day dress rehearsal began Friday at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center and will culminate Sunday with the loading …
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Rocket Lab will launch two new Earth-observation satellites into orbit from New Zealand today and you can watch it live online. A Rocket Lab Electron vehicle is scheduled to loft two Earth-observing satellites for the American company BlackSky today, April 2, at 8:10 am EDT (1210 GMT) from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand site. You’ll be …
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