Hubble Space Telescope
Facial Recognition Deep Learning Software is Surprisingly Good at Identifying Galaxies Too
An international team of astronomers recently used deep learning to identify patterns in images of galaxies taken by the Hubble…
The Most Distant Star Ever Seen, Only 4.4 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently imaged the most distant star ever seen in a distant…
Hubble Finds a Galaxy with Almost no Dark Matter
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and other ground-based observatories, a team of astronomers have found a galaxy that…
Try to Contain Your Surprise. James Webb is Getting Delayed to 2020
After being assessed by the Standing Review Board, NASA has announced that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope's…
James Webb is Enduring its Final Stage of Testing Before it Ships off for Kourou, French Guiana
The James Webb Space Telescope just entered the final phase of integration and testing before being shipped off to French…
James Webb Telescope is Probably Going to be Delayed Again, and Could Exceed a Congress Spending Cap
According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is likely…
Precise New Measurements From Hubble Confirm the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe. Still no Idea Why it’s Happening
A new survey performed by the SHoES team using Hubble has confirmed that the Universe is in an accelerated rate…
Astronomers use a Galaxy Cluster as an Extremely Powerful “Natural Telescope” to Peer Even Farther into the Universe
An international team of astronomers recently discovered a fainter, older galaxy using the most extreme case of the gravitational microlensing…
James Webb Wraps up 3 Months in the Freezer. It’s Ready for Space
The James Webb Space Telescope just emerged from 3 months of vacuum-chamber testing, another milestone on the road towards its…
Are Little Blue Dots in the Hubble Frontier Fields Precursors to Globular Clusters?
Using data from the Hubble Frontier Fields program, a team of astronomers has produced a study that indicates how globular…