Tag: James Webb Space Telescope

It's almost ready for launch!

A newly discovered transiting exoplanet close to the solar system could be a prime target for atmospheric investigations, including the ...

This year is set to be an important one for astronomy, cosmology and physics as researchers across these fields seek ...

A trifecta of recent discoveries has challenged models of galactic evolution, suggesting that galaxies could have formed much sooner in ...

The story of the most prolific space telescope in history.

The search of other worlds is a field of science on the cusp of a revolution. By unpacking the exoplanet ...

The launch of the ESA’s CHEOPS satellite has been postponed as a result of a software error, reports the University ...

As the Hans Sigrist Prize is claimed by Ignas Snellen for groundbreaking exoplanet research, the message is clear--the search for ...

The ESA's CHEOPS satellite launches later this month with the mission to select exoplanets suitable for in-depth investigation.

NASA is very close to reaching a milestone in the construction of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Hubble's successor ...

In the past two decades alone, some 900 exoplanets - planets outside our solar system - have been identified, with ...

Two fantastic space telescopes, Hubble and ESA's Herschel, have teamed up to image one of the most popular astronomical sights ...

Though hundreds of potentially life harboring exoplanets have been discovered thus far, until the James Webb Space Telescope becomes operational, ...

First discovered in 2005, and then studied in more depth since 2007, NASA scientists have finally isolated the ethereal glow ...

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Earlier today Obama's administration budget plan for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was proposed to $18.7 billion, at the ...