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Revealing hidden aspects of the universe: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured an unprecedented image of a region known as Cat's Paw Nebula.
The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is literally parked 1 million miles away. In the nearly three years since it became operational, “Webb,” as it’s called, has made some incredible ...
This Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4900 appears to show a bright star overlapping the spiral galaxy. But while both celestial objects appear to be in the constellation Virgo as viewed from ...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is an optical illusion.
Over the past two decades, a team led by astronomer Erich Karkoschka of the University of Arizona used the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope to track seasonal ...
In that position, she spent 20 years leading NASA’s efforts to secure funding for a space-based telescope—one that eventually became the Hubble. For her pains, she was affectionately nicknamed ...
The team overseeing NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been directed to prepare for up to 20% in budget cuts that would touch on every aspect of the flagship observatory's operations ...
These are the first images from Earth’s giant new telescope The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade.
Generating 20 terabytes of data per night, Rubin will capture fine details about the solar system, the Milky Way, and the large-scale structure of the cosmos, helping researchers to understand ...