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NASA has set a launch date for Artemis, its new rocket for flying humans to the moon

5:10pm July 20, 2022

by Brendan Byrne

NASA has set a launch date for its new Artemis rocket. The space agency has pinned its hopes on the delayed and over-budget program to get humans back to the moon and eventually Mars.

A composite image comparing images of the Southern Ring nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope (left) and James Webb Space Telescope (right).

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This app compares Hubble and Webb images — the differences are astronomical

7:40am July 18, 2022

by Kai McNamee

Software developer John Christensen coded an app to show you just how far NASA innovation has come since Hubble.

Some of the expanse captured by the James Webb telescope.

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The James Webb telescope had 344 'single point failures' before launch. Then, success

5:00am July 17, 2022

Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope shares the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.

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Gregory Robinson reflects on his work with the James Webb Telescope

5:03am July 15, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Gregory Robinson, one of the leading figures behind NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

The James Webb telescope project manager says the words 'give up' were never used

5:40pm July 14, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope since 2011, on the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.

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This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, combined the capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope's two cameras to create a never-before-seen view of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infra

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Scientists have picked up a radio signal 'heartbeat' billions of light-years away

5:06am July 14, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Scientists have not been able to pinpoint the exact location of the radio waves yet.

An astrophysicist breaks down what NASA's Webb telescope tells us about our universe

5:00am July 13, 2022

NPR's Morning Edition speaks with astrophysicist Alex Filippenko of the University of California, Berkeley about the latest findings of the Webb Telescope.

The strawberry supermoon rises in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York on June 14. After July's supermoon on Tuesday there will be one more for the year on Aug. 11.

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A buck supermoon is rising on Tuesday. Here's what to look for

12:49pm July 12, 2022

by Wynne Davis

July's supermoon is the third in a series of four in 2022. While the full moon actually occurs on Tuesday, it will appear full for about three days, through Friday morning.

The bright star at the center of NGC 3132, Southern Nebula Ring, while prominent when viewed by NASA's Webb Telescope in near-infrared light, plays a supporting role in sculpting the surrounding nebula. A second star, barely visible at lower left along on

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NASA's James Webb telescope captures groundbreaking images of distant galaxies

12:10pm July 12, 2022

Thanks to the telescope's deep and sharp infrared images, Earthlings are getting a more detailed look at distant galaxies than was ever possible.

NASA's spectacular new photos could alter our understanding of the universe

11:24am July 12, 2022

by Joe Palca

NASA is releasing four more cosmic images from the James Webb telescope.