Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on amateur telescopes.
A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.
A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.
Satellites connect people around the world but they also interfere with astronomers’ views of the cosmos. There are ways to ...
The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...
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A huge bipolar outflow of gas and dust, grown from the tumultuous birth of a double-star system, has formed a cosmic hourglass — and the James Webb Space Telescope imaged the scene in ...
The James Webb Space Telescope zoomed in on extremely faint objects, called brown dwarfs, in the Flame Nebula. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / M. Meyer (University of Michigan) There's a class ...
NASA’s newest space telescope, SPHEREx, designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way, and a sun-focused mission called PUNCH, will have to wait a bit longer to lift off to ...
It’s a two-for-one cosmic deal. NASA’s newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — and a sun-focused mission called PUNCH are on ...