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I pivoted from costume design to working as an engineer on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. It's never too late to switch careers.
Karen Abarca was a Los Angeles-based costume designer during her early 20s, but a trip to Death Valley inspired her to switch ...
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Could the first images from the Vera Rubin telescope change how we view space for good?
We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...
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The first shocking images of the new James Webb Space Telescope
On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...
'Never been seen before': First images from new ISS solar telescope reveal subtle 'fluctuations' in sun's outer atmosphere
NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible ...
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See the First Breathtaking Images Captured by the Powerful New Telescope at the Rubin Observatory
Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a ...
These are the first images from Earth’s giant new telescope
Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...
A Colossal Telescope in the Desert Just Captured Galaxies We’ve Never Seen Before
More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Its First Direct Image Discovery of an Exoplanet
Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...
First close-up view of "cotton candy" nebula captured by world's largest cosmic telescope
A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...
How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 ...
6 Beautiful Pictures Of Space And Galaxies Clicked By NASA Hubble Space Telescope
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured the stunning Sombrero Galaxy (M104), known for its bright central bulge and ...