james webb space telescope earth - Search News

Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate

Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

USA Today · 10d

Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and position.

NASA’s Webb Telescope To Scan Asteroid Threatening To Hit Earth

Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.

Black Hole, James Webb Space Telescope and Milky Way

Hosted on MSN · 24m

Scientists Turn James Webb to Examine Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy and Saw Something Wild

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered 13 billion years in the past and tens of billions of light-years away from our planet. In a recent experiment, scientists decided to look deep into a black hole that's way closer to home — and when they did,

Smithsonian Magazine · 1d

James Webb Telescope Reveals a Dazzling Light Show From the Milky Way’s Black Hole

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the mysterious behavior of the most massive object in our galaxy

Webb telescope finds Milky Way black hole never stops strobing light

A new James Webb Space Telescope study finds that Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's central black hole, constantly emits light from its swirling accretion disk. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford (STScI) illustration Scientists have discovered that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way buzzes with activity,

Hosted on MSN5h

The 35 Best James Webb Space Telescope Images So Far

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch, but the observatory is making up for lost time. After several years of ...

2don MSN

Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032

Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...

9d

NASA’s Webb Telescope To Study Asteroid 2024 YR4 As Impact Risk Rises

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

11don MSN

Webb telescope has a new mission: surveillance of a threatening asteroid

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...

12don MSN

James Webb Space Telescope unveils region with newborn star: See stunning photo

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious 'light echo' in the broken heart of Cassiopeia

Beautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead ...

8hon MSN

NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch next week – what you need to know about the search for life beyond Earth

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results