Why JWST can make a drastic change in the field of Observational Astronomy
(Image credit: NASA) After the recent series of breakdowns and failures of the Hubble space telescope , we are eagerly waiting for the successor of HST. Well, this is not the reason behind the development of James Webb! The idea of a such telescope came even before the launching of Hubble. As the future looked hazy after the Challenger accident, NASA's first director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) laid the groundwork for the JWST mission. This is still several years before the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. …
Why parker probe has not melted?
fig (Illustration: NASA) The year 2021 is an astonishing year for the science community! Apart from the pandemic thing, it is a great year! There is a number of breakthroughs that have been taken place this year. From the first-ever breathtaking picture of a black hole (by EHT), the Discovery of four new subatomic particles at the CERN supercollider to the Launching of a gigantic successor of the Hubble Space Telescope i.e James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST ). This year will be taken as the year of a great leap in the history of humankind. I…
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