The James Webb Space Telescope had to perform outside of its design limits to observe the collision of NASA's DART probe with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September last year, NASA has revealed.
Writing in a blog post, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope deputy project scientist Stefanie Milam, of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, revealed that scientists had to go to great lengths to enable the grand telescope to watch the historic space rock deflection test.
NASA accidentally discovers an asteroid the size of two football fields - The Jerusalem Post
Opinion | NASA's Mission to Psyche, a '$10 Quintillion' Asteroid - The New York Times
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is leading a NASA mission to explore an asteroid rich with metals supposedly worth $10 quintillion that's orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid's name is Psyche, after the Greek goddess of the soul.
This is totally cool, but there are a few caveats on that eye-catching dollar value. First, it's Elkins-Tanton's own estimate, which she told me she ballparked about six years ago when reporters first came calling about the mission. (She estimated that the nickel alone was worth that much.
Asteroid 2022 CX1 danger looming! Close approach today at 47471 kmph | Tech News
Just like Earth, NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) completes its trip around the Sun every 12 months. Images are captured by the survey telescope throughout its journey, which are then stitched together to form a sky-map, according to NASA.
NASA has now issued an asteroid warning for a similar asteroid which is heading for Earth and could make its closest approach as soon as today.
Webb Telescope's 'failure' results in capturing photobombing asteroid
As scientists calibrated the Webb Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument, it "serendipitously" captured a small passing asteroid with great detail, surprising observers.
The asteroid is said to be the size of Rome's Coliseum, with a width of about 300 to 650 feet. The object was found orbiting in the solar system's main asteroid belt, which goes between Mars and Jupiter.
James Webb Space Telescope pushed past its limits to observe DART asteroid crash https://t.co/R5OoGpSHbS https://t.co/ayEsQBsRMH SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Wed Feb 08 21:03:23 +0000 2023
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