space science
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Gaze Into the Deepest View Yet of Our Universe: Webb’s First Full-Colour Image Is Here
NASA officials, President Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris have revealed the first full-colour image from the Webb Space Telescope: a breathtaking shot of deep space stretching back over 13 billion years, the first in a set of images to be released this week of the telescope’s first cosmic targets.
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How to Find and Report Asteroids Because Your Life Is Boring Otherwise
Along with puzzles, knitting, and baking banana bread, backyard astronomy was something a lot of people got into at the beginning of the pandemic. Two years later, there may not be the same enthusiasm for checking the weekly night-sky forecast and adding upcoming meteor showers to your calendar, but it’s an activity that has been…
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Why You Should Look at the Moon When It’s Not Full
Regular Lifehacker readers will know that we’re big fans of space, and frequently post about upcoming astronomical events, including full moons, meteor showers, and interest planet alignments.
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When to See November’s Lunar Eclipse of the Beaver Moon
Fellow lunatics: November is offering some fantastic moon-centric entertainment, so turn off Netflix for once, and gaze up at Luna instead. November’s moon, known as “the beaver moon,” is not going to be a full eclipse, but it’s close: 98 per cent lunar coverage, which is pretty good coverage, if you ask me.