https://spacewatch.global/tag/near-infrared-spectrograph/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:00:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/near-infrared-spectrograph/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/james-webb-space-telescope-confirms-its-first-exoplanet/ Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45971 Researchers have confirmed the presence of an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as Earth, clocking in at 99% of Earth’s diameter.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/nasa-completes-alignment-of-webbs-primary-mirror/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40003 The critical mirror alignment steps of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are now complete and the team expects to meet or even exceed the optical performance science goals set for the space telescope, NASA said. Every optical parameter that has been checked and tested is performing at, or above, expectations, according to NASA.]]>