August’s Stellar Space Pictures
AUG 30, 2019
Take a tour through the lenses of space telescopes.
Engineers at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Redondo Beach, California assemble NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope for the first time.
NASA/Chris Gunn
(Inside Science) -- Telescopes are the key to understanding the cosmos. From the humble citizen scientist’s backyard telescope to the great Hubble Space Telescope, these devices help us determine how far away astronomical objects are and what elements they contain. This month, we take a look at objects through trusted telescopes such as NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. We also check in on the status of the anticipated James Webb Space Telescope and SMILE spacecraft.
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