Tag: space telescope
First Tatooine planet detected by a telescope on Earth
The 193 cm telescope of the Observatoire de Haute-Provence which was used for this research. This telescope discovered the first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, and which led to the Nobel…
Discovery of mini-Neptunes that transform into super-Earths
There are many mini-Neptunes among exoplanets. Planets which, like our Neptune, are essentially composed of hydrogen and helium. Astronomers have just found two of them that are losing their atmosphere…
A rare type of black hole discovered near our Galaxy
The most beautiful discoveries are sometimes made… right next to home. For this time, in the Andromeda galaxy, the spiral galaxy closest to ours. Astronomers have just found an intermediate-sized…
The Webb Space Telescope inserted well into orbit around the L2 point yesterday: what does this mean?
The end of 20 years of waiting and a long journey of 1.5 million kilometers in interplanetary space! The largest space telescope in the history of astronomy will orbit Lagrange…
How does the Webb Space Telescope communicate with Earth, 1.5 million km away?
To communicate with the largest space telescope based 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, there is no magic: antennas! the Deep Space Network NASA today tested the reception of the telescope’s…
A Rarely Observed Type of Black Hole Found in a Galaxy Near Us
The most beautiful discoveries are sometimes made… right next to home. For this time, in the Andromeda galaxy, the spiral galaxy closest to ours. Astronomers have just found an intermediate-sized…
The Webb Space Telescope is going into orbit around the L2 point tonight: what does that mean?
The end of 20 years of waiting and a long journey of 1.5 million kilometers in interplanetary space! The largest space telescope in the history of astronomy will orbit Lagrange…
D-1: the astronomical and space event of the decade will take place on December 25!
While it was initially planned for the end of the 2000s, then threatened with abandonment in 2011, the launch of the James-Webb observatory will take place on Christmas day 2021.…
And 300 more exoplanets tracked down by Kepler and Deep Learning
NASA scientists recently added 301 exoplanets to the list of planets discovered using the Kepler Space Telescope, supplementing the 4,569 planets already validated. For this they used a method of…
JWST: how the space telescope will unfold in space
After launching from Guyana on December 18, the James-Webb Space Telescope will be sent 1.5 million kilometers from Earth on a month-long trip. The aircraft and its various instruments will…