Astronomers May Have Just Spotted the Universe’s First Galaxies
NASA’s new JWST space telescope has revealed some cosmic surprises, including galaxies that might have assembled earlier than previously thought. ..
NASA’s new JWST space telescope has revealed some cosmic surprises, including galaxies that might have assembled earlier than previously thought. ..
Astronomers mourn the end of an infrared observatory that flew aboard a jumbo jet. It was expensive, but it saw what Earth-based telescopes can’t. ..
The cosmic probe’s long-awaited images will kick off astronomers’ science programs. ..
A cosmic fluke helped Hubble spy Earendel, a giant star at the edge of the known universe that could tell us more about what happened after the Big Bang. ..
After successfully launching and maneuvering the spacecraft, JWST researchers still have months of prep work to do before they can start taking pictures. ..
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. ..
After decades of hard work and controversies, NASA scientists ready Hubble’s massive successor for its mission to probe the distant universe. ..
The space telescope’s latest hardware problem has kept it offline for two weeks, raising concerns that the decades-old spacecraft is running out of time. ..