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Why It Took a Decade to Launch The James Webb Space Telescope | Compilation
The James Webb Space Telescope has launched! But it was a very long road to get to this point, and we’ve been following the progress for a decade!
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What's Next for the James Webb Space Telescope
It finally happened! The James Webb Space Telescope is on its way to capturing never-before-seen images of the universe! But now that it’s airborne and unfurled, what are its next steps before it can deliver the goods?
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What We Learned from the Kepler Space Telescope - SciShow News
October was bittersweet for space scientists as we said goodbye to both the Kepler Space Telescope and Dawn mission.
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The Legacy of the Spitzer Space Telescope - SciShow News
On January 30, 2020, we had to say goodbye to NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope after more thank 16 years of revolutionizing infrared astronomy. Today, SciShow sends it off and says thank you by taking a look back at it’s incredible legacy.
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Kickstarting a Space Telescope
In the past few years the rise of crowdfunding has allowed for some pretty cool stuff to start existing, and today Hank is excited to announce another awesome Kickstarter - Planetary Resources (of asteroid mining fame) in partnership...
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The Most Unbelievable Image Ever Captured by Hubble Space Telescope
The Most Unbelievable Image Ever Captured by Hubble Space Telescope
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From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope
Hank regales us with the history of the telescope, and then introduces us to some folks from the team who are working on the newest telescope in the chronology - the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared telescope due to launch in 2018.
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What's Stopping the James Webb Space Telescope?
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most complex telescope we’ve ever sent into space. But, Webb is not, in fact, in space… yet.
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The Future of Space Telescopes: Umbrellas & Glitter!
After Hubble and Webb, what's the future of space telescopes? Two ideas in planning stages right now involve the space-age versions of umbrellas and glitter.
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Exploring Space with the Hubble Space Telescope
In this video, we learn about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and how scientists use it to take pictures of space.
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TED: How the James Webb Space Telescope will unfold the universe | John C. Mather
The James Webb Space Telescope is a miracle of modern science and engineering. With a 21-foot, gold-coated mirror protected by a sunshield that's the size of a tennis court, it's the world's most powerful telescope and humanity's latest...
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Take a Spin With NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
On schedule to launch no later than May 2027, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission will help uncover some of the biggest mysteries in the cosmos. The state-of-the-art telescope on the Roman spacecraft will play a significant...
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Time-Lapse of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Assembly, Sunshield Deployment
This time-lapse video reveals NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now a fully assembled observatory, and is accomplishing large-scale deployments and movements that it will perform while in space. Ensuring mission success for an...
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The James Webb Space Telescope Completes its Final Environmental Tests
The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope has completed its environmental tests at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, CA. The environmental tests are a combination of acoustic and sine vibration tests. These tests simulate the...
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NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 30 years of operation, our view of the universe and our place within...
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Clears Critical Sunshield Deployment Testing
In October 2019, technicians and engineers successfully performed a critical test on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope by fully deploying and properly tensioning each of its five uniquely sized sunshield layers, putting them into the...
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Hubble Trivia: 3) What Advantage Does Hubble Space Telescope Have Over Ground-based Telescopes?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What advantage does the Hubble Space Telescope have over ground-based...
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NASA's Curious Universe: Our Cosmic Time Machine, The James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope will explore every phase of cosmic history: from the formation of the very first galaxies in the early universe, to our cosmic backyard of the Solar System. Webb is the largest space telescope NASA has ever...
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James Webb Space Telescope Laser-Focused Sight
About 1 million miles away from the nearest eye surgeon, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be able to perfect its own vision while in orbit. Though the Webb telescope will focus on stars and galaxies approximately 13.5 billion...
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Hubble Trivia: 1) How Big is the Hubble Space Telescope?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been answering questions about the universe for over 30 years. The question is: How big is the Hubble Space Telescope? You might be surprised! See if you can answer each trivia question before the answer is...
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Envisioning an Ultra-Deep Field from NASA's Roman Space Telescope
A team of astrophysicists has created a simulated image that shows how the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could conduct a mega-exposure similar to but far larger than Hubble’s celebrated Ultra-Deep Field Image. This Hubble observation...
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NASA's Curious Universe: Introducing the Webb Space Telescope Mini-Series
NASA is preparing to launch the largest and most powerful space telescope ever constructed. Join us for a special James Webb Space Telescope mini-series as we explore the science, engineering, people, and launch of this historic mission.
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Hubble Space Telescope finds charged soccer-shaped molecules in space
The Hubble Space Telescope have identified electrically-charged molecules in space that are shaped like soccer balls.
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The Hubble Space Telescope 360° Tour
Pay a visit to the Hubble Space Telescope in its orbit above Earth’s surface and take a tour of the technology behind Hubble’s spectacular cosmic images. This 360 degree video points out Hubble’s instruments, mirrors, and other major...