INBOX ASTRONOMY How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Scan for Showstopping Explosions Release date: Thursday, November 3, 2022 10:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Roman is set to help researchers detect more kilonovae, helping us learn significantly more about these “all-star” smashups. How do you pinpoint titanic collisions that occur millions or billions of light-years away? First, by surveying large areas of the sky. Second, by teaming up with observatories around the world! Scienti ...Continue Reading

INBOX ASTRONOMY Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Reveals Dust, Structure in Pillars of Creation Release date: Friday, October 28, 2022 10:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Webb Highlights the Velvet-Like Lining of Dust Throughout This Star-Forming Region, Including Shells Around Actively Forming Stars In mid-infrared light, the Pillars of Creation appear otherworldly. NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a scene that is large and lofty – and appears lit by flickering lante ...Continue Reading

INBOX ASTRONOMY NASA’s Hubble Spots Twin Tails in New Image After DART Impact Release date: Thursday, October 20, 2022 11:00:00 AM EDT Aftermath of First-of-Its-Kind Test Intrigues Astronomers On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA conducted a first-of-its-kind experiment, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), designed to intentionally smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid in the world’s first-ever in-space test for planetary defense. NASA declared the mission was successful in alter ...Continue Reading

INBOX ASTRONOMY NASA’s Webb Uncovers Dense Cosmic Knot in the Early Universe Release date: Thursday, October 20, 2022 10:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Webb continues its search into the earliest times of our universe, revealing the surprising formation of a massive galaxy cluster around a powerful, red quasar. Astronomers looking into the early universe have made a surprising discovery using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: a cluster of massive galaxies in the process of form ...Continue Reading

INBOX ASTRONOMY NASA’s Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation Release date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 10:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Near-Infrared Light Uncovers Vast Populations of Forming Stars, Many Still Encased in Dust This glittering view of the Pillars of Creation was delivered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera – and it begs to be examined pixel by pixel. The scene may look both familiar and entirely new – NASA’s Hubble Space ...Continue Reading

INBOX ASTRONOMY Hubble Spots Ultra-Speedy Jet Blasting from Star Crash Release date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 11:00:00 AM EDT Titanic Stellar Collision Rattles Space and Time Neutron stars are the "trash-compacted" surviving cores of massive stars that exploded. Weighing more than our Sun, they would fit inside New York City. At this unimaginable density, one teaspoon of surface material would weigh at least 4 billion tons on Earth. If that doesn't stagger the ...Continue Reading

JWST Observer Latest News Registration Is Open for JWebbinars 19 and 20 Register for the next two JWebbinars, scheduled for October and November. View All JWST Observer News Forward this Message to a Friend » Subscription Reminder: You're Subscribed to: [HST REPORTS] using the address: example@example.com From: list.admin@aus-city.com https://aus-city.com Manag ...Continue Reading

JWST Observer Latest News An Improved NIRCam Flux Calibration Is Now Available New NIRCam imaging flux calibration files can now be used on any NIRCam imaging data set. View All JWST Observer News Forward this Message to a Friend » Subscription Reminder: You're Subscribed to: [HST REPORTS] using the address: example@example.com From: list.admin@aus-city.com http ...Continue Reading

JWST Observer Latest News Registration Opens for the First Science Results Conference This conference will highlight the initial science results from JWST and include an optional one-day workshop. View All JWST Observer News Forward this Message to a Friend » Subscription Reminder: You're Subscribed to: [HST REPORTS] using the address: example@example.com From: ...Continue Reading

INBOX ASTRONOMY Webb, Hubble Capture Detailed Views of DART Impact Release date: Thursday, September 29, 2022 9:30:00 AM EDT First Time Webb, Hubble Make Simultaneous Observations of the Same Target Two of NASA’s great observatories had a front row seat to a first of its kind NASA test for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope teamed up to collect data before and after NASA’s Double Asteroid Redi ...Continue Reading