The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s most complex infrared telescope, built for a wide range of research projects. NASA is now targeting October 31 for its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/james-webb-telescope-hubble-successor-to-launch…
Tag: World’s Largest
Exclusive: On board the mission to one of the world’s largest icebergs
A vast iceberg which separated from Antarctica in 2017 is now breaking up. Oceanographer Povl Abrahamsen reports from a unique mission to study the impact of its demise using underwater robotic gliders Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268299-exclusive-on-board-the-mission-to-one-of-the-worlds-largest-icebergs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Is this the end of the A-68A iceberg?
Satellite images reveal that the once colossal A-68A iceberg has broken into multiple pieces. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/end-of-the-a68a-iceberg-feb2021…
The UK is sending robot submarines to watch the world’s largest iceberg crash into an island
The world’s largest iceberg appears days away from crashing into a penguin-filled island. These robots will study the aftermath. Source: https://www.livescience.com/iceberg-a68a-collision-robots.html
New marine protection zone will help endangered penguins and more
Plans are in place to create the world’s 4th-largest fully protected marine reserve at the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/new-marine-protection-zone-tristan-da-cunha-penguin…
Megalodon nurseries reveal world’s largest shark had a soft side
Scientists have identified five locations that the extinct predator Megalodon used as “nurseries” for young sharks. Source: https://www.livescience.com/megalodon-nurseries-discovered.html
What’s the August birthstone?
Happy birthday, August babies! Your month has 2 birthstones, peridot and sardonyx. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/august-birthstone-sardonyx-peridot…
Two tiny outcrops in Hawaii are the top of the world’s largest volcano
An extinct Hawaiian volcano called Pūhāhonu is the largest on Earth, with a volume twice that of Mauna Loa, the next largest contender Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2243682-two-tiny-outcrops-in-hawaii-are-the-top-of-the-worlds-largest-volcano/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Newest solar telescope releases its 1st images
The clarity of these images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii is thanks to the telescope’s 4-meter mirror, the world’s largest for a solar telescope. “It’s the biggest jump in our ability to study the sun since Galileo’s time,” a scientist said. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/first-images-inouye-solar-telescope-jan2020…
Today’s volcano in New Zealand is on the Pacific Ring of Fire
Here’s information about New Zealand’s White Island volcano – which erupted earlier today – in the context of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Background on the volcano and why these volcanoes erupt. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/what-is-the-ring-of-fire…