The Physics of the James Webb Space Telescope
Humanity has a new eye in the sky, with infrared sensors that will peer into the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Here’s how it works. ..
Humanity has a new eye in the sky, with infrared sensors that will peer into the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Here’s how it works. ..
The agency wants to hunt exoplanets, so it’s designing star shades and coronagraphs that block out starlight and give telescopes a clear view. ..
After decades of hard work and controversies, NASA scientists ready Hubble’s massive successor for its mission to probe the distant universe. ..
The Astro2020 Decadal Survey's top priorities include new telescopes, the search for habitable exoplanets, and far-infrared and x-ray probe missions. ..
Astronomers with the Breakthrough Listen project scan the sky for signs of extraterrestrial life, but a promising lead turned out to be a false alarm. ..
The brown dwarf isn't a star and it's not a planet. But it's illuminating the murky borderlands that separate the two. ..
If habitable worlds exist around certain stars, they’d have just the right vantage point to spy on Earth. ..
A veritable hellscape of an exoplanet is challenging researchers’ assumptions about what types of worlds host atmospheres. ..