Enlarge / Hubble Space Telescope above Earth, photographed during STS-125, servicing mission 4, May 2009. The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is running out of gyroscopes, and if there are none left, the instrument will cease to perform meaningful science. To preserve the telescope, which has been in space for nearly three and a half decades, … Read more
We’ll get an update on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope tomorrow (June 4), and it could be a pretty big deal. On June 3, the agency announced that the Hubble Space Telescope team will hold a press conference tomorrow at 4:00 PM EDT (2000 GMT) on the status of the observatory. Specifically, officials said the purpose … Read more
The galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope, existed 290 million years after the Big Bang. The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what appears to be a new record holder for the farthest known galaxy, a remarkably bright galaxy that existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang, NASA said … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked renowned news agency proofread OK! The galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope, existed 290 million years after the Big Bang. × close to The galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope, existed 290 million years after the Big Bang. … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked preprint trusted source proofread OK! This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) was taken by the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, or JADES, program. The NIRCam data were used to determine which galaxies needed … Read more
Using the Euclid Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a whopping 1.5 trillion orphan stars floating through a massive cluster of thousands of galaxies, one of the largest structures in the cosmos. These orphan stars, torn from their own galaxies, fill the space between the galaxies of the Perseus cluster with ghostly blue light. This so-called … Read more
An innovative telescope design has proven successful for daytime sky observation, opening new doors for uninterrupted observation of the cosmos. Astronomers from Macquarie University in Australia have developed a new technique using light filters on the school’s multi-lens Huntsman telescope. Originally designed for ultra-sensitive night sky observations, the telescope has demonstrated the ability to accurately … Read more
Scientists have observed carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ice in the far reaches of our solar system for the first time. The observation was made possible by using the spectral infrared capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers analyzed the chemical composition of 59 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which are small planetary bodies whose … Read more
NASA’s iconic Hubble Observatory still has years to live, and there are ideas in the works to perhaps keep it running even longer — but those proposals could face an uphill battle. The Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, has been serviced by astronauts five times and remains in good health. But the telescope is … Read more
Astronomers use the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered what they believe to be three of the earliest galaxies in our universe, actively forming when the cosmos was only 400 million to 600 million years old. In the JWST images, this galactic trio appears as faint red blobs feeding on nearby helium and hydrogen. For … Read more