He went on to explain how radio astronomy started and how it has become one of the mainstream branches of astronomy over the ...

[Hank Green] posted an interesting video about the first liquid mirror telescope from back in the 1850s. At the time, scientists were not impressed. But, these days, people are revisiting the idea.

Scientists were in awe of the flood of data that arrived when the new space observatory booted up. The James Webb Space Telescope is one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies ...

Every spacecraft glitches occasionally, and even the most powerful space telescope ever launched isn't immune. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) launched in December 2021 and has been ...

Over the past six months, we Earthlings have seen some pretty awe-inspiring images through the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Since the telescope's first image was revealed to the public in ...

One of the many lessons my father taught me used the analogy of looking at life through a telescope. A telescope is designed to make distant objects appear nearer by magnifying images and bringing ...

The telescope is currently orbiting more than 1 million miles from Earth. Tuesday marks one year since the James Webb Space Telescope reached its destination, orbiting 1 million miles away from Earth.

This setup does add bulk to the telescope that some may feel is unnecessary considering the 4SE's f/13 focal ratio. The Alt-azimuth swivel mechanism clearly isn't designed to cater to serious long ...

The James Webb Space Telescope explored a cold, wispy molecular cloud that could provide key insights into the “building blocks of life.” The Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud, located 630 ...

Scientists using NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope say they've been able to get a closer look at an asteroid that also hosts just the fifth ring system to be discovered in our solar system ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the 2023 John L. "Jack" Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration, a top award from the Space Foundation. This annual award ...