What it takes to build a next-generation observatory
From rats to snow, building massive scientific instruments in harsh environments requires money, brilliant engineering, and good old-fashioned human sweat.
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From rats to snow, building massive scientific instruments in harsh environments requires money, brilliant engineering, and good old-fashioned human sweat.
Webb Telescope observations reveal water vapor near a distant exoplanet—but could the signal actually be coming from the star?
The astounding outburst came from a galaxy 2 billion light-years away. It's the "BOAT"—the brightest of all time.
New research shows the alarming degree to which Hubble images are being ruined by satellites passing through the telescope’s field of view.
The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite will study explosive moments in the cosmos.