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Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.
Regarded by many as NASA’s most successful science mission, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space aboard the ...
The James Webb Space Telescope captured NGC 346, a star-forming region about 210,000 light years away. One of the features of ...
"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...
The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet. The ...
The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...
A new survey of distant galaxies undertaken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing new secrets of the "cosmic noon"—when galaxies in the young universe underwent something of an awkward ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers said they were able to detect signs of sulfur-based molecules called dimethyl sulfide or DMS, which on Earth are only produced by life, primarily ...
MIT astronomers estimate a planet 140 light-years from Earth may disintegrate fully within the next 1 to 2 million years.
Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy NGC 7469, which is 90,000 light-years in diameter. The ...