There might be an upside to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope being pelted by showers of micrometeorites once to twice a month.
— the telescope could be used to measure patterns and changes in the micrometeorites permeating our solar system, a potential wealth of scientific data.
Micrometeorites are highly elusive since they're far too small to be picked up by telescopes. So far, scientists have had to resort to studying how they interact with our planet's atmosphere by detecting their ensuing trails. "It's a little more work to observe sporadics than meteor showers, because they're not nicely organized into events," NASA meteor scientist Althea Moorhead toldThen there are the different kinds of meteorites that happen to get blasted into the telescope's mirrors.
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
This James Webb Space Telescope image shows spiral galaxy in stunning detailRobert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University. Follow him on Twitter sciencef1rst.
Baca lebih lajut »
Neil deGrasse Tyson says James Webb Space Telescope is window to universe 'never before achieved'Neil deGrasse Tyson said that the James Webb Space Telescope has given scientists new abilities, including a means to look at the universe in a new way.
Baca lebih lajut »
James Cameron, scientists recreate ‘Titanic’ scene to see if Jack could surviveJames Cameron, scientists recreate 'Titanic' scene to see if Jack could survive
Baca lebih lajut »
Good News! Webb is Fully Operational AgainThe James Webb Space Telescope is back to full science operations. One of the telescope’s instruments, the Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) had been offline since January 15 due to a communications error. But engineers worked through the problem and were able to return the instrument to full operations. “NASA and CSA [Canadian … Continue reading 'Good News! Webb is Fully Operational Again'
Baca lebih lajut »
Webb Telescope released stunning image of an explicit spiral galaxyWebb Telescope released its latest image showing impressive details of a spiral galaxy situated over one billion light years away.
Baca lebih lajut »
Webb telescope image captures stunning spiral galaxy over a billion light-years awayA new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captured a large spiral galaxy located over a billion light-years from Earth, as well as additional smaller galaxies.
Baca lebih lajut »