Tag: space telescope

TRAPPIST-1 is a dwarf star orbiting seven planets.

February 19, 2023

It is only 40 light years away from us. They were spotted in 2016 by the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. This finding was later confirmed by telescopes including NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. All of the TRAPPIST-1 planets are rocky and Earth-like, making it the largest…

The most powerful pulsar in the world

January 5, 2023

Scientists have discovered the world’s most powerful pulsar star. The pulsar, named VT 1137-0337, was discovered in a star cluster 395 million light-years from Earth. The radiation from this pulsar star is strong enough to push nearby particles to the speed of light. The pulsar was discovered by the Very Large Array Sky Survey telescope…

Cart wheel Galaxy

October 16, 2022

As the name suggests, this galaxy may look like the wheels of a wagon to some. The Cartwheel Galaxy and the galaxies to its left are part of a cluster of galaxies in the Sculptor star cluster, about 500 million light-years from Earth. The diameter of this galaxy is about 10000 light years…!! It also…

Does Neptune have rings?

September 22, 2022

Yes, James Webb has copied these rings pretty cleanly.

It’s small ..

April 30, 2022

James Webb has positioned all 18 parts of its main mirror. Below is a picture of this Infrared King slowly opening his eyes to the nearest satellite galaxy, the Large magellanic cloud. Now the tech world is amazed at its brilliant images. James webbA spy in the universePrince of the infrared world

Want to know the few variety planets in the universe ?

March 21, 2022

Planet tres- 2B It absorbs all the light around it. Planet kepler -22B The entire planet is surrounded by oceans. Planet j1047B It has 200 times more rings than our Saturn. Planet 55 cancri E Its entire interior is diamond. Planet gliese 536B Evaporation is always going on. It has a tail like a comet….

James Webb has opened the golden glass mirrors.

March 20, 2022

The image of the star 84406 was taken by the James Webb Telescope after the completion of the mirror arrangement known as the ‘Fine Facing’. The James Webb Telescope is beyond the reach of the Hubble Space Telescope. We too can wait for the secrets to be revealed. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

HabEx

February 26, 2022

Habex is a space telescope designed to detect terrestrial orbits around bright stars. (Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission-HabEx). Habex is looking for stars as bright as the sun. Planets in their habitable zone and the presence of water and methane on such planets will be examined. Water and methane are signs of life. Water is the…