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July 16, 2022

Webb telescope images show ‘how people can work together’ to create something ‘truly amazing’: Principal investigator

Principal investigator of the NRI-CAM on the James Webb Space Telescope Marcia Rieke shares her ‘absolute joy’ at the success of the project and the opportunity the Webb telescope provides for future space exploration.

June 29, 2022

NASA Webb Telescope’s ‘first light’ images nearly bring tears to astronomers’ eyes

The general public will not get to see images from the James Webb Telescope until July 12, but astronomers who have seen them say they were nearly moved to tears.

June 21, 2022

Summer Solstice 2022: Longest day of year kicks off season

Astronomical summer begins on Tuesday for the Northern Hemisphere, with the summer's solstice marking the longest day and the shortest evening of the year.

May 26, 2022

Memorial Day could see possible tau Herculid meteor shower

The potential tau Herculid meteor shower could provide a stunning show for skywatchers on Memorial Day evening, according to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office.

May 12, 2022

First image of black hole at center of Milky Way released by astronomers

An image of the supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A(asterisk), and the center of the Milky Way has been released by astronomers. The hole itself is not visible.

May 7, 2022

NASA releases black hole sonifications

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has released two new sonifications of well-known black holes. Sonifications are translations of astronomical data into sound.

January 13, 2022

Red supergiant star's death witnessed by astronomers for the first time: report

Astronomers have captured the death of a red supergiant star for the first time. 

December 23, 2021

NASA James Webb telescope vs the Hubble Space Telescope

Don’t ask astronomers to choose between the Hubble Space Telescope and the new kid on the cosmic block, the James Webb Space Telescope.

September 9, 2021

Astronomer responsible for demoting Pluto narrows search for hypothetical 'Planet Nine'

In the continued search for the speculated ninth planet in our Solar System, Michael Brown, the CalTech astronomer who led the demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet in 2006, has co-written a new study that claims to have narrowed the region the planet could be located.

July 23, 2021

Astronomers make first detection of this 'moon-forming' phenomenon

Astronomers have discovered the presence of a disk around a planet beyond our solar system for the first time.