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[ad_1] NASA's diminutive BurstCube satellite is now making its way to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Dragon resupply spacecraft. It lifted off at 4:55 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 21, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, BurstCube is poised to embark on a significant mission.BurstCube Satellite Mission ObjectiveUpon arrival at the ISS, BurstCube will be unpacked and subsequently released into orbit. Its primary objective? To detect, locate, and analyze short gamma-ray bursts- transient bursts of high-energy light that hold crucial insights into cosmic phenomena. Also read: Gigantic 420-foot asteroid to pass Earth soon, reveals NASA; Know how close it will come Jeremy Perkins, BurstCube's principal investigator at NASA's Goddard S...

[ad_1] Over the years, space agencies and other institutions have been studying the universe for years and years, however, the evolution of galaxies and theories of the Big Bang are some of the things that scientists are still studying to gain a better understanding. For conducting such studies space scientists and researchers have been using powerful telescopes such as NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. In a recent finding, the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a faint light from an early galaxy which has expanded scientists' knowledge in terms of previous written theories. Check what the researchers found.James Webb Space Telescope findingsAccording to an ESA report, the JWST has captured light emitted billions of years ago from some of the earliest galaxies in space. However, th...

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NASA BurstCube: Tiny satellite en route to International Space Station to probe cosmic mysteries

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures light from galaxies shrouded by Big Bang gas