Researchers from the University of Arizona, University of Maryland, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have proposed a new method for achieving ultra-high-resolution astronomical images using ...

To capture higher-definition and sharper images of cosmological objects, astronomers sometimes combine the data collected by ...

Astronomers want to collect as much data as possible using as many systems as possible. Sometimes that requires coordination ...

Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources away from the one you care about. In the scientific community, one of the ...

The telescope primarily detects light in the infrared in order to observe sources such as the first galaxies and protostars.

JWST and ESA’s Ariel mission plan coordinated exoplanet observations starting in 2030, combining high-resolution targeting and large-scale surveys to expand atmospheric data collection.

The search for extraterrestrial life represents one of humanity’s most profound scientific quests—one that could fundamentally reshape our understanding of our place in the universe. Yet current ...

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...