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NASA’s James Webb telescope captures groundbreaking images of distant galaxies

Bill Chappell, NPR

Posted on July 12, 2022 · Thanks to the telescope's deep and sharp infrared images, Earthlings are getting a more detailed look at distant galaxies than was ever possible.

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Houston Matters

COVID case numbers on the rise, and images from the James Webb Space Telescope (July 11, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 11, 2022 · On Monday's show: The county's COVID positivity rate nears 30 percent, NASA releases the first images from the new James Webb Space Telescope, and veterinarian Dr. Lori Teller answers your pet care questions.

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Technology

A Texas astronomer prepares to peer deep into space with the new James Webb Space Telescope

Travis Bubenik

Posted on December 27, 2021 · Caitlin Casey, an astronomer with the University of Texas and the Big Bend region’s McDonald Observatory, will co-lead the largest research project in the first year of the powerful new telescope’s operation.

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More Delay, Cost For NASA’s Next-Generation Space Telescope

Marcia Dunn, AP

Posted on June 27, 2018 · In March, NASA announced that it was delaying launch until 2020.

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James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s $8.8 Billion Successor, Faces Lengthy Delay

Lee Billings, Scientific American / PBS NewsHour

Posted on March 27, 2018 · James Webb Space Telescope’s launch date has slipped from spring of 2019 to approximately May of 2020

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WATCH LIVE: NASA Discuss Testing On James Webb Space Telescope

HPM Digital Team

Posted on January 10, 2018 · NASA officials at Johnson Space Center in Houston discuss the results of recent cryogenic vacuum tests on the James Webb Space Telescope, and the next steps on the observatory's path to space

Tags cryogenic vacuum tests houston James Webb Space Telescope Johnson Space Center nasa

Technology

UT Professor To Peer Back In Time With NASA’s New Space Telescope

Nadia Hamdan, KUT

Posted on November 27, 2017 · James Webb Space Telescope will study the universe using infrared light

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Posted on May 17, 2023 · On Wednesday's show: School vouchers, online sports betting, and efforts to pass a budget -- we talk through what is and what is not happening in the Texas Legislature in this week’s political roundup.

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Posted on April 19, 2023 · Episode: 2638 Artificial Gravity for Human Spaceflight; What is Gained, What is Lost. Today, astronaut Michael Barratt discusses the pros and cons of artificial gravity.

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Posted on March 30, 2023 · The former NASA astronaut will return to space as commander of a Houston-based commercial flight to the International Space Station.

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