There are a lot of moving pieces when it comes to building the world's largest telescope.
Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to survey distant galaxies spotted an unusual, chance phenomenon called an "Einstein ring." It's not an actual ...
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An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: ASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez The James Webb Space ...
Big telescopes feature some of the finest and most precise mirrors in the world. So when one gets dirty, what happens? The European Southern Observatory (ESO) operates some of the most powerful ...
A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming ...
"The James Webb Space Telescope's science mission is just getting started — there's so much more to come." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has done it again, spotting something that its predecessor, Hubble, couldn't see. The Ring Nebula, an oblong-donut-shaped planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra, ...
You can take Instagram-worthy pictures of the night sky with the Vaonis Hestia. The Vaonis Hestia gives users a closer look at the moon, sun and stars, but it’s far from a traditional telescope. It’s ...
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you ...
A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful James ...
Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...