Author name: Emanuele Tomassi

A Christmas gift from NASA to all space enthusiasts: the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA’s next space science observatory following Hubble, developed in partnership with ESA and CSA, successfully launched on December 25th, 2021. This next-generation telescope will offer astronomers the opportunity to observe the evolution and formation of stars and planets, exoplanet systems, and our solar system in ways never before possible. […]

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DART mission: a milestone in the planetary defense program

DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) is a planetary defence project. It uses a smashing collision with an asteroid to alter its trajectory, and it will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the course of an asteroid in space.  DART is a spacecraft designed to impact an asteroid as a test

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