You can see all sorts of cool stuff, like nebulae and comets, from Earth with just some binoculars or a consumer telescope. But if you want research-quality images of distant galaxies, you have a ...
The James Webb Space Telescope is seeing deeper into time than any machine before it — uncovering galaxies that shouldn’t ...
Since its launch on Christmas Day, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has proven its worth year after year. 2024 is no exception. Here are just five times the ultrapowerful telescope has reshaped ...
A high-definition image of supernova wreckage from NASA's space telescope was revealed as part of the White House's holiday celebrations. The James Webb Space Telescope's image of the Cassiopeia A ...
Astronomers have used the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes to confirm one of the most troubling conundrums in all of physics — that the universe appears to be expanding at bafflingly different ...
Device "seeks to identify planets beyond the solar system and other objects in space that would otherwise go unnoticed." ...
Why it matters: Most of us have seen the Sun thousands upon thousands of times throughout our lives, but only from a distance. True, high-definition images of our life-giving star are in short supply, ...
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features an exclusive interview with Shep Doeleman of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who is founding director of the Event Horizon ...