Webb Telescope spies record number of stars billions of light years awayThe powerful, Tucson-born infrared eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope have notched another record for long-range viewing: the largest number of individual stars ever detected in the distant universe.
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On the evening of Sunday, January 12, the SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club will present Christa DeCoursey, a fourth-year PhD student at t…
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Sunday, October 13 is the beginning of the SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club calendar year and we are in for a treat this month. Dr. Marci…
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Over the last year, Christa DeCoursey and her team scoured images which revealed 80 bright supernovae, many of them among the most distant and oldest ever found.
- By Toyin Owoseje, CNN
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A French scientist apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a star taken by the James Webb telescope.
- By Ashley Strickland, CNN
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through cosmic dust to reveal new details and a stunning image of a rare type of galaxy.
- Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, and Daniel Apai, Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
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Thanks in large part to telescopes like James Webb, researchers will be able to gauge the chemical makeup of atmospheres of planets around other stars.
- Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
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University of Arizona Professor of Astronomy and NIRCam Principal Investigator Marcia Rieke with replicas of the sensors in the NIRCam, the ma…
- Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
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La profesora de astronomía de la Universidad de Arizona e investigadora principal de NIRCam, Marcia Rieke, con réplicas de los sensores de NIR…
- Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
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University of Arizona Regents Professor of Astronomy Marcia Rieke shows off replicas of the sensors in the Near-Infrared Camera she helped des…