Telescope
NASA launches powerful Roman Space Telescope, a spy satellite turned to the stars
The telescope, which will park itself in orbit beyond the moon, is designed to investigate cosmic enigmas such as dark energy and dark matter.
Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says
No danger, says NASA: Airplane-sized asteroid buzzed Earth at 28,000 mph
A new guest in the cosmic neighborhood: The possible extraterrestrial origins of 3I/ATLAS
NASA finds new tiny moon around Uranus, raising total to 29
The 10-kilometer-wide body orbits 56,000 kilometers from uranus's center between ophelia and bianca and awaits an IAU-approved name.
Muon telescopes set to map Khafre’s pyramid from the King’s Chamber
ScIDEP built 2 cm-resolution detectors. Models show a void like Khufu’s 2017 “big void” would be visible after ~10⁸ recorded muons.
The largest astronomical camera ever built: First images from powerful new telescope
Rubin Observatory will map the southern sky every three nights over the next decade.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers most distant galaxy MoM-z14
Galaxy's redshift of 14.44 is highest ever confirmed, extending the observational horizon closer to the cosmic dawn.
NASA unveils new Hubble images capturing cosmic wonders
Hubble provides unparalleled images, capturing stunning visuals from Mars to the birth and death of stars.
Webb telescope documents alien planet's death plunge into a star
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals that planets may spiral into their stars, rather than being swallowed by expanding red giants. This changes our understanding of planetary destruction.
China proposes giant radio telescope on Moon's far side with 7,200 antennas by 2035
The project aims to investigate the 'Cosmic Dark Ages,' the period from the Big Bang until the formation of the first stars.
James Webb Space Telescope captures first images of Neptune's auroras
The planet's tilted magnetic field causes auroras far from its rotation poles.
NASA's SPHEREx telescope captures 100,000 celestial objects in one infrared image
NASA said the telescope is expected to collect data on more than 450 million galaxies and more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way by surveying the entire sky in 102 infrared wavelengths.
James Webb telescope reveals oxygen in galaxy from 13.4 billion years ago
Light from JADES-GS-z14-0 has taken 13.4 billion years to reach Earth, revealing a chemically mature galaxy when the universe was less than 300 million years old.
