Space Telescope

From Hubble to the James Webb Space Telescope, this is the latest on the groundbreaking images our greatest observatories capture each day.

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a space telescope image of multiple shining stars in reddish clouds

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JWST spots six new ‘rogue worlds,’ neither planet nor star JWST spots six new ‘rogue worlds,’ neither planet nor star

By Laura Baisas

ALMA antennae bathed in red light. in the background there is the southern Milky Way on the left and the Magellanic Clouds at the top.

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Why astronomers keep staring at the same spot in the sky Why astronomers keep staring at the same spot in the sky

By Briley Lewis

Ancient star, but not one of the first: One of the oldest known stars ever observed is a subgiant star in the Milky Way, just 190 light-years from Earth. The star, known as HD 140283 or the Methuselah star, appears to be almost as old as the universe. However, we know it is not one of the first stars because of it contains metals that must have formed in the core or during the explosion of even earlier stars.

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The hunt for the first stars in the universe The hunt for the first stars in the universe

By Briley Lewis

The central region of a spiral galaxy. Its core is a small bright point radiating bright, bluish-white light over the scene. The white light is diffuse and many point-like stars in the galaxy (and even background galaxies) can be seen through it. The galaxy’s arms can be seen as broad, swirling streaks of glowing gas and dust, coloured red and orange. Two additional arms are revealed in green

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You’ve never seen a prettier radiation-spewing supermassive black hole You’ve never seen a prettier radiation-spewing supermassive black hole

By Laura Baisas

In the foreground to the left is a sphere half illuminated on the right side, almost filling the image vertically. The surface consists of several parallel, pale-coloured bands aligned horizontally. To the top right is a much smaller orange, circular light source, illuminating the large sphere in the foreground. The background is black with numerous tiny white dots.

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JWST detects a new exoplanet six times larger than Jupiter JWST detects a new exoplanet six times larger than Jupiter

25 images of space

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NASA drops 25 dazzling images to celebrate Chandra X-ray space telescope NASA drops 25 dazzling images to celebrate Chandra X-ray space telescope

By Popular Science Team

Astronomy: a 40-foot telescope constructed by William Herschel, in use outdoors. Coloured etching, 18--. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark.

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400 years of telescopes: A window into our study of the cosmos 400 years of telescopes: A window into our study of the cosmos

By Bill Gourgey

a flat map of the planet jupiter, showing reddish-orange lines and the planet's great red spot

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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot keeps shrinking Jupiter’s Great Red Spot keeps shrinking

By Laura Baisas

the tall and straight pillars of creation as seen with two space telescopes. these celestial bodies are finger-like figures of gas and dust

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Ethereal Pillars of Creation come to life in new 3D visualization Ethereal Pillars of Creation come to life in new 3D visualization

By Laura Baisas

Image of June 3, 2024, solar flare

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Watch a wild ‘failed eruption’ solar flare Watch a wild ‘failed eruption’ solar flare

JWST discovers earliest galaxy ever observed

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JWST discovers earliest galaxy ever observed JWST discovers earliest galaxy ever observed

$A spherical collection of stars which fills the whole view. The cluster is dominated by a concentrated group of bright white stars at the center, with several large yellow stars scattered throughout the image. Many of the stars have visible diffraction spikes. The background is black$

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The 8 most extraordinary JWST images of 2024, so far The 8 most extraordinary JWST images of 2024, so far

By Popular Science Team

a pink and red galaxy (left). an illustration of the cylindrical euclid space telescope (right)

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See 5 dazzling new images from Euclid, the ‘dark universe detective’ See 5 dazzling new images from Euclid, the ‘dark universe detective’

By Laura Baisas

How ‘safe mode’ protects space telescopes like Hubble and TESS

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How ‘safe mode’ protects space telescopes like Hubble and TESS How ‘safe mode’ protects space telescopes like Hubble and TESS

By Briley Lewis

Artist rendering of exoplanet WASP-43b

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JWST measures ‘Hot Jupiter,’ a distant exoplanet hot enough to forge iron JWST measures ‘Hot Jupiter,’ a distant exoplanet hot enough to forge iron

Astronomers fight to save a major X-ray space telescope

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Astronomers fight to save a major X-ray space telescope Astronomers fight to save a major X-ray space telescope

By Briley Lewis

Where do all those colors in space telescope images come from?

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Where do all those colors in space telescope images come from? Where do all those colors in space telescope images come from?

By Briley Lewis

a galaxy that looks like an hourglass pinched at the center with a shining protostar

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Plunge into an immersive IMAX movie featuring the James Webb Space Telescope Plunge into an immersive IMAX movie featuring the James Webb Space Telescope

By Laura Baisas

LSST Camera Deputy Project Manager Travis Lange shines a flashlight into the LSST Camera.

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A 3,200-megapixel digital camera is ready for its cosmic photoshoot A 3,200-megapixel digital camera is ready for its cosmic photoshoot

M74 aka the Phantom Galaxy shown in a combined optical/mid-infrared image, featuring data from both the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. It is one of the celestial objects featured

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Listen to three breathtaking NASA images Listen to three breathtaking NASA images

By Laura Baisas