Yuletide

It’s truly Christmas’ James Webb Space Telescope’s yuletide launch has NASA overjoyed

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After years of delays, billions of dollars in cost overruns, and several last minute postponements due to technical and weather issues, the James Webb Space Telescope launched into space in a flawless Christmas liftoff that has scientists overjoyed.  “It’s truly Christmas with all the presents and everything and we have a space mission,” Thomas Zurbuchen, … Read more

The Christmas night sky: A 2021 Yuletide stargazing guide

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Christmas is almost here, and the night sky obliges by presenting a beautiful display of celestial sights, perfectly timed out to coincide with the holiday. In ancient times, Dec. 25 was the date of the lavish Roman festival of Saturnalia, a sort of bacchanalian Thanksgiving to the god of agriculture, for whom the slowest moving … Read more