Explainer video: how space telescopes work
Have you ever gazed at the night sky and wondered about the vastness beyond those twinkling stars? Space telescopes are our powerful tools that help unravel the mysteries of the…
NASA releases Webb telescope images of a galactic merger
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA released on Friday a pair of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope showing two galaxies – one nicknamed the Penguin and…
Earliest-known galaxy, spotted by Webb telescope, is a beacon to cosmic dawn
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest-known galaxy, one that is surprisingly bright and big considering it formed during the universe’s infancy…
Europe’s Euclid space telescope launched on mission to explore ‘dark universe’
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A European-built orbital satellite was launched to space on Saturday from Florida on a mission to shed new light on the mysterious cosmic phenomena known…
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured something that should not exist
Six galaxies found in the primordial Universe, when it was only 500-700 million years old, have been observed thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and appear to be…
Galaxies spotted by Webb telescope rewrite understanding of early universe
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Observations by NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope are upending the understanding of the early universe, indicating the presence of large and mature but remarkably…
The James Webb space telescope is ready to launch
There are high expectations placed on the James Webb space telescope, the largest and most powerful space telescope to be sent into space. The telescope is a hundred times more…
Stuck in Space: Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams case
In a surprising twist of fate, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who were originally scheduled for a brief eight-day mission on the International Space Station (ISS), now find…
Airbus to restructure Space Systems as consolidation talks continue
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is drawing up a turnaround plan for its struggling Space Systems business, industry sources said, without waiting for the outcome of European consolidation…
Rotten eggs chemical detected on Jupiter-like alien planet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a…