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James Webb, Hubble space telescopes face reduction in operations

The James Webb Space Telescope is pictured here before being folded up for launch. Credit: NASA Key Takeaways: NASA's Hubble and James Webb telescopes face operational cuts due to budget limitations. Reduced funding may lead to fewer available telescope modes and less user support. Hubble's budget has remained flat for a decade, decreasing its purchasing power. “It’s fewer people, really,” said Neill Reid. The teams operating the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

New Research Bolsters Freaky Theory That Earth Sits in a Giant Cosmic Void

Images of the cosmos, such as the James Webb Space Telescope’s deep space snapshot, make space look chock-full of stuff. In the grand scheme of things, it is, but all those stars, galaxies, planets, and other celestial objects may not be as uniformly distributed as photos make them look. The fact is, space is likely peppered with bubbles of relative emptiness, and some astronomers believe we’re sitting inside of one. A growing body of evidence suggests that our entire Milky Way galaxy is locate