That's over two-and-a-half times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror, meaning Webb has six times the light-collecting area. Capturing more light allows Webb to see more distant ...

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Observers worldwide are getting up before sunrise to swing their telescopes and cameras towards Pegasus, hoping to see and image this new celestial visitor. The comet is currently quite small ...

Although the budget would continue support for ongoing missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, it would kill the much-anticipated Nancy Grace Roman Space ...

Two groups in Kolkata related to astronomy have created what they claim to be the largest handmade telescope in the city — a 14.5-inch f/5 Dobsonian that is low-cost, powerful, and easy to handle.

“We had no idea what we’d see when we pointed Webb at this target. What we’ve learned is giving us incredible insight into the end stages of planetary systems—including, potentially, our own.” The ...

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"The telescope itself is a big telescope, so it can see really faint objects," says Blum. What's more, the observatory's images will feed into computer systems that will constantly be comparing ...

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This Hubble mosaic is the most detailed image ever captured of the full Crab Nebula, located about 6,500 light-years from Earth. The orange strands you see are the shredded remnants of the exploded ...