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January 10, 2022

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James Webb Space Telescope, the biggest ever built, fully unfolds giant mirror

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Astronomers and space fans around the world can breathe a sigh of relief: The James Webb Space Telescope is now fully deployed.

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So what's next for the James Webb Space Telescope?

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The generational observatory is en route to its parking spot and getting ready to test its mirrors and instruments.

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'We're on an incredible high': James Webb Space Telescope scientists over the moon as observatory unfolds

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You'd be thrilled, too, after unfolding a giant space telescope in the most complicated way ever.

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Spaceflight

NASA's new astronaut candidates report to Houston to begin training

One month after being announced to the world, NASA's ten new astronaut candidates are reporting to work to begin two years of training.

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On China's new space station, a robotic arm test paves way for future construction

The robotic arm moved the Tianzhou 2 cargo ship to practice for new modules.

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Kazakhstan unrest not affecting Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport, Russia says

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And no NASA personnel or assets are currently at the spaceport, which launches crews to the International Space Station.

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Science & Astronomy

Physicists crack unsolvable three-body problem using drunkard's walk

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A physics problem that has plagued science since the days of Isaac Newton is closer to being solved, say a pair of Israeli researchers.

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Yes, there is really 'diamond rain' on Uranus and Neptune

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At first glance, Uranus and Neptune are just bland, boring balls of uninteresting molecules. But hiding beneath the outer layers of those worlds, there may be something spectacular: a constant rain of diamonds.

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Weird structures near Earth's core may be scars from a primordial interplanetary collision

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A collision with a Mars-size planet 4.5 billion years ago may have left a permanent impact on our planet's deep mantle.

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Entertainment

Google Doodle celebrates the life of cosmologist Stephen Hawking for his 80th birthday

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The pioneering work of physicist Stephen Hawking is honored in a Google Doodle today (Jan. 8), including a video with Hawking's quotes concerning everything from cosmology to disability.

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