There are plenty of problems that spacecraft designers have to consider. Getting smacked in the sensitive parts by a rock…
One of the main objectives of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to study the early Universe by using…
The parade of interesting new exoplanets continues. Today, NASA issued a press release announcing the discovery of a new exoplanet…
One longstanding mystery in astronomy is how supermassive black holes got so heavy so early. JWST has shown evidence that…
The JWST is astronomers' best tool for probing exoplanet atmospheres. Its capable instruments can dissect the light passing through a…
When the first stars in the Universe formed, the only material available was primordial hydrogen and helium from the Big…
The JWST is flexing its muscles with its interferometry mode. Researchers used it to study a well-known extrasolar system called…
It’s difficult to actually visualise a universe that is changing. Things tend to happen at snails pace albeit with the…
In 2011, astronomers with the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) consortium detected a gas giant orbiting very close to…
After a journey lasting about two billion years, photons from an extremely energetic gamma-ray burst (GRB) struck the sensors on…