An array of high tech instruments are being put through their paces ahead of becoming part of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope – JWST engineers are currently testing hardware to ensure it will be able to function properly 1.5 million miles from Earth. The spacecraft is preparing for a launch late in 2018.
Using the joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, a group of astronomers has directly imaged…
At the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) on Jan. 11, three teams…
In a new study from a group of researchers in Canada, data from NASA’s now-retired…
The joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully inserted itself into its orbit…
Using data collected by NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope and NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite…
Falcon Heavy’s second launch 2023 set sail on Sunday, with liftoff with the ViaSat-3 Americas…
Throughout the universe, supermassive black holes can typically be found at the center of massive…
Since their initial launch in 2019, SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites have become infamous for photobombing…
With help from the joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have…
Of the trillions of stars scattered throughout the universe, one of the most common are…
Following an incident that triggered the telescope to enter safe mode, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
In a recently released study, data from the joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space…
Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket returned to action on September 7, deploying a high-power communications satellite…
In recent weeks, two teams of researchers released studies identifying the strange characteristics of an…
The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid space telescope has moved closer to launch after prime…
With the James Webb Space Telescope continuing its commissioning phase, NASA is already looking ahead…
Arianespace and their European partners are looking toward the final five flights of the veteran…
Exoplanets all over the universe come in different sizes, compositions, colors, and temperatures. However, they…
The pioneering Imaging X-ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE) telescope, the first observatory in space to perform…
