It’s time for the next – super exciting – step: unfolding the sun visor. It’s been almost a week since took to the skies the... Read More
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When it launched last Saturday, its intended orbit was accomplished with such precision that “Webb” used far less fuel than NASA had expected, writing the... Read More
The boost has started. Because as the space telescope flies through the vast universe, thousands of parts have to be unfolded correctly and in the... Read More
Take off: the James Webb space telescope is on its way to its site, 1.5 million kilometers away
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The James Webb was built by the space agencies of Europe (ESA), the United States (NASA) and Canada (CSA). From the Netherlands, Leiden University, TNO... Read More
The best camera smartphone of 2021
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In the past, many people still had a camera, a “compact” copy or much larger, with a lens horn. Since the arrival of the smartphone,... Read More
“The largest space observatory in history will have an ultra-cool camera on board: the MIRI instrument.” This wrote NASA recently on the Twitter account of... Read More
That life can thrive in such extreme conditions – in darkness and at very low temperatures – is a total surprise. The lion’s share of... Read More
Japanese billionaire returns to Earth after a trip to the space station: “It’s easy to pee” | Abroad
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Japanese billionaire returns to Earth after a trip to the space station: “It’s easy to pee” | Abroad
Maezawa landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan with cameraman Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin. The footage shows them emerging from the Soyuz capsule they... Read More
It’s almost the holidays and you take the time to read or listen to a good book. If this sounds like you, then you should... Read More
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft likely made contact with the sun’s atmosphere as early as April of this year. It took a few months for... Read More