Thursday, February 9, 2023

Webb telescope pushed its limits to observe asteroid crash

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February 9, 2023
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The Launchpad
Tiny NASA moon probe can't reach lunar orbit as planned
(NASA)
Lunar Flashlight is now targeting high-Earth orbit, with monthly moon flybys.
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Webb telescope pushed its limits to observe asteroid crash
(NASA/ESA/CSA)
The grand telescope was not built to track very fast moving objects, but it managed nonetheless.
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Space quiz! The James Webb Space Telescope had to perform outside of its design limits to observe the collision of NASA's DART probe with what asteroid moonlet?
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Space Deal of the Day
Save $200 on the Nikon D850: An impressive DSLR camera
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Skywatching
See the green comet near Mars in the night sky this week
(Starry Night Software)
The location of the comet near the Red Planet should make it relatively easy to find.
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Science & Astronomy
Hubble Space Telescope reveals a stunning star cluster
(ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Nota, G. De Marchi)
NGC 376 is in the Small Magellanic Cloud, which contains hundreds of millions of stars.
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Cubesats could help crack mystery of neutron star mergers
(European Southern Observatory)
A miniature cubesat built by Eastern European astronomers has been detecting gamma-ray bursts since 2021.
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Spaceflight
Russia launches cargo mission to space station
(NASA/Roscosmos))
The Progress 83 freighter is scheduled to arrive at the orbiting lab early Saturday morning (Feb. 11).
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Virgin Orbit's failed UK rocket launch due to '$100 part'
(Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson)
Virgin Orbit's debut Cornwall orbital launch ended in failure Jan. 9, and early stages of the investigation point to an inexpensive part in rocket LauncherOne.
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Technology
James Webb Telescope question costs Google $100 billion
(NASA/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez)
A promo ad for Google's unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot made an embarrassing mistake.
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Don't panic: Ingenuity Mars helicopter reaches 42 flights
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
As Ingenuity scouts for Mars sample return, NASA says the milestone flight and larger Perseverance rover mission represents 'the meaning of life, the universe and everything.'
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