In “Pillars of Creation,” Richard Panek shows how the James Webb Space Telescope is altering our view of the cosmos ...

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Future space telescopes are being designed for easier servicing, focusing on overcoming challenges such as remote locations and limited fuel. New methods include safe proximity operations and efficien ...

In 2015 the Hubble telescope captured some great images of a supernova called “Supernova Hope.” Recently, those images were ...

Scientists using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope sought to observe a planet beyond our solar system (an exoplanet) ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas ... pictures JWST captures is gathered by the telescope’s primary mirror. With a diameter of 6.5 meters, it is about 2.7 times larger ...

A genuine technological gem, the James Webb Space Telescope has been exploring the smallest nooks of the Universe over the last two years. From the birth of planets and the first galaxies to the ...

In a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope ... revealing a core with a mirror-smooth finish. The galaxy's new look may be jarring to avid space fans. Though the cosmic object can't ...

The fate of telescopes in space is looking better now that they are being designed to be serviceable. Researchers developed a ...

Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks ...

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has confirmed that prior measurements of distances between nearby stars and galaxies made by the Hubble Space Telescope are not in ...