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Many Comets Originally Formed In Other Solar Systems |
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Written by Space Daily Staff Writers
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Friday, 11 June 2010 09:23 |
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Many of the most well known comets in history, including Halley, Hale-Bopp and McNaught, may have been born in orbit around other stars and not the Sun, according to a new study by Queen's University astronomy professor Martin Duncan and an international team of astronomers. Read more at Space Daily.
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Webb Telescope Passes Mission Design Review Milestone |
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Written by Space Daily Staff Writers
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:58 |
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NASA's Northrop Grumman-built James Webb Space Telescope has passed its most significant mission milestone to date, the Mission Critical Design Review, or MCDR. This signifies the integrated observatory will meet all science and engineering requirements for its mission. Read more at Space Daily. 
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Extracting Information From Starlight |
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Written by Space Daily Staff Writers
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Monday, 05 April 2010 13:07 |
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The cosmos is filled with stars. However, the closest star beyond the Sun is so far away, that it would take the fastest spacecraft 75,000 years to reach it. Astronomers can't study the cosmos by sending probes to gather information about other stars, as we do with our own Sun and its planets. Fortunately they don't have to. The information comes to us at the speed of light! Read more at Space Daily. 
Learn more about Canada's contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope here. |
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James Webb Space Telescope One Step Closer To Completion |
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Written by Space Daily Staff Writers
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Monday, 22 March 2010 16:47 |
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A working replica of MIRI - the pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope - has just been shipped (16th March) from the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, bringing the Webb telescope one small step closer to embarking on its journey into space where it will produce the sharpest images yet of the farthest depths of the cosmos. Read more at Space Daily. 
Learn more about Canada's contribution to the Webb Space Telescope from COM DEV International, the company responsible for building the Fine Guidance Sensor, and from the Canadian Space Agency. |
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