Topic: James Webb Space Telescope
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What makes a planet livable? Five things scientists look for.
Scientists have so far detected at least 550 planets outside the solar system – and another 2,000-plus await confirmation. But how to pick out the ones that may be Earth-like havens for life? Here's what one team looks for in assessing any planet's potential habitability and its similarity to Earth's properties.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/19
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In Pictures: NASA's Future of Space Exploration
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Light from alien 'super-earth' seen for first time
NASA's Spitzer space telescope has detected a light source coming from a large earth-like planet.
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Is NASA giving up on Mars? (+video)
NASA's 2013 budget includes deep cuts to its planetary science mission, particularly its efforts to send spacecraft to Mars. Instead, the space agency will focus on human spaceflight and infrared astronomy. Is NASA now heading down the wrong path?
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Obama's NASA budget favors a space telescope over Mars exploration
The proposed 2013 federal budget shifts funding away from missions to Mars and emphasizes manned spaceflight and astronomy.
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What makes a planet livable? Five things scientists look for.
Scientists have so far detected at least 550 planets outside the solar system – and another 2,000-plus await confirmation. But how to pick out the ones that may be Earth-like havens for life? Here's what one team looks for in assessing any planet's potential habitability and its similarity to Earth's properties.
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Mars budget cuts 'irrational' says former NASA science chief
NASA faces deep budget cuts, forcing it to eliminate some missions to explore Mars. The cuts will allow the agency to continue its plans to build a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Red Planet meets red ink: budget ax could chop two NASA Mars missions
The budget to be released by President Obama Monday is expected to include a one-third cut in NASA's Mars program, in part to pay for other cost overruns within the agency.
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Mars missions cancelled? NASA budget could prompt deep cuts.
While exactly how much money is allocated to NASA is unknown, insiders expect a significant reduction in the portion slotted for robotic exploration of Mars and other solar system bodies.
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Mars Curiosity rover waiting on launch pad. But will funding end?
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, which includes the car-sized Curiosity rover, arrived on its Cape Canaveral launchpad on Thursday. But some experts worry about the lack of funding for Mars missions beyond 2013.
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Space exploration: Will budget cuts stall search for other Earths?
Astronomers are on the cusp of new discoveries in the search for distant planets that could have life. But budget cuts are forcing this branch of space exploration to turn to smaller, less-ambitious projects.
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Oldest galaxy: Hubble telescope detects farthest, oldest galaxy yet
Oldest galaxy: Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have detected a galaxy that formed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, making it the most distant and oldest galaxy discovered so far.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/19
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Amateur astronomers gather at New York Stargazing Event as part of 2010 World Science Festival
Amateur astronomers gathered last Saturday in New York City's Battery Park for an evening of stargazing as part of the 2010 World Science Festival.
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NASA's next big-ticket telescope showcased in New York City
A mockup of the James Webb Space Telescope, billed as the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, took center stage at New York's World Science Festival.
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Huge, tennis-court sized telescope model on display in New York City
A life-size model of a huge new space observatory described as the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is on display at the World Science Festival at New York City's Battery Park.
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Happy birthday to the Hubble Telescope
The Hubble Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990. NASA says the best is yet to come.
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New 'temperate' exoplanet hints at solar system like our own
Astronomers have for the first time made detailed measurements of an exoplanet in the temperate zone around its star. Their conclusion: It looks a lot like a planet in our solar system.
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Hubble telescope glimpses universe's earliest galaxies
New Hubble telescope images provide a look at the cosmos when it was just 600 to 800 million years old. Galaxies from this period might have helped transform the universe from dark to light.
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WISE set to search for universe's hidden 'dark' objects
NASA is scheduled to launch its WISE space observatory Monday. It will map the whole sky in infrared wavelengths, potentially revealing objects many telescopes can't see.
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In Pictures: NASA's Future of Space Exploration
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The top science stories of 2008
Column: Greatest advances include efforts to reprogram cells, ways to see distant planets, and a less expensive way to turn water into fuel.
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Planet hunters snap first pictures of other solar systems
The breakthrough images include a three-planet system around a sun-like star.
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