Astronomy is all about light. Sensing the tiniest amounts of it, filtering it, splitting it into its component wavelengths, and…
When the JWST activated its penetrating infrared eyes in July 2022, it faced a massive wish-list of targets compiled by…
NASA's DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) slammed into asteroid Dimorphos in September 2022, changing its orbital period. Ground and…
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters used data obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) Mid-Infrared…
Thanks to the JWST, galaxies that existed during the Cosmic Dawn have been observed for the first time!
The TRAPPIST-1 system is easily the most exciting collection of exoplanets ever discovered by astronomers. The system contains seven rocky…
Last week, NASA shared a blog post saying they detected a sensor glitch associated with the James Webb Space Telescope’s…
Astronomers have studied the star formation process for decades. As we get more and more capable telescopes, the intricate details…
While astronomers and engineers were trying to calibrate one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments last summer, they serendipitously…
Engineers with the James Webb Space Telescope have figured out a way to work around a friction issue that arose…