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NASA released images of star clusters NGC 460 and NGC 456 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Hubble shows visible light, while ...
Here's everything to know about the James Webb Space Telescope, and what it captured on its three-year anniversary observing the cosmos. To mark Webb's third year of operations, NASA shared an image ...
The whole picture doesn’t become clear until you combine Webb data with Hubble data,” stated Rogier Windhorst, Regents Professor at Arizona State University, captioning a revolution in cosmic vision.
How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...
On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...
These telescopes represent the cutting edge of astronomical discovery, probing the universe across the electromagnetic ...
The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in ...
Readers doubtless know that metals expand when heated. As explained in a NASA blog post that’s a problem for space telescopes ...
The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...
A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...
As a Gregorian telescope, the device uses concave mirrors to collect light, before bringing that light to a focus on a secondary mirror, which then reflects that light to the observer. GMT will be 10 ...
L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.