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A new telescope will find billions of asteroids, galaxies and stars The Economist Jun 26, 2025 06:07 AM IST ...
More than 100 astronomers, astronomy students, and curiosity-filled lovers of the night skies gathered on Monday in Columbia’s Havemeyer Hall to celebrate the release of images from the Vera C. Rubin ...
Some of the first images of space captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile were released earlier this week. In Seattle, researchers and students at the University of Washington gathered to ...
Finding a Saturn-sized world around the young star TWA 7 could pave the way for the Webb space telescope’s direct observation of other exoplanets.
“However, in science, it’s important to confirm measurements. With the South Pole Telescope and Atacama Cosmology Telescope, we now have an almost fully independent set of measurements with similar ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A). Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, CSA ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on November 25 captured an image of the Sombrero galaxy, which is similar to celestial objects tracked by the NICER telescope that is paused while undergoing repairs.
This telescope uses your smartphone to capture sharp, detailed views of the moon, sun, and stars—with no bulky equipment required. Right now, it’s on sale for just $259.99 (reg. $299) with ...
June 23, 2025 at 1:26 p.m. EDTToday at 1:26 p.m. EDT This has been called the golden age of astronomy, and there’s a new telescope on the block— or, more precisely, on top of a mountain in Chile.
While ground- and space-based telescopes spot about 20,000 asteroids each year, Rubin Observatory is expected to uncover millions of the space rocks within its first two years, according to the ...
Planets can even form in some of the most inhospitable parts of the galaxy – so says new data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). While attempting to study the planets that may be forming ...
A state-of-the-art telescope nearly 25 years in the making will finally reveal its first images on Monday, June 23, and you can watch the event in realtime. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, perched atop ...