James webb space telescope

Picture perfect: Mission managers say the telescope's mirror segments have been aligned and have focused on single stars, a critical milestone, and the telescope is working flawlessly.

The telescope is 'new, different, and exciting' for Judy Schmidt, who has been working with space images for a decade.

Top 5 NASA Picture of the Month captured by James Webb Space Telescope Check out these breathtaking picture of the month images captured by the 10 billion NASA James Webb Space Telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope was developed by NASA in partnership with ESA and CSA to study the history of our Universe. The space telescope was launched on December 25 2021 with upgraded equipment technology and capabilities than the Hubble Space telescope. Unlike Hubble the Webb telescope orbits the Sun…

The Butterfly Nebulae Captured by Hubble

The massive galaxy wall discovered by a Canary Islands-based research team is a billion light years big. It is estimated to contain at least 10,000 times the mass of our Milky Way, so it should be no surprise it's part of a project called 'BOSS.'...

Studying the large-scale structure of our galaxy isn’t easy. We don’t have a clear view of the Milky Way’s shape and features like we do of other galaxies, largely because we live within it. But we do have some advantages. From within, we’re able to carry out close-up surveys of the Milky Way’s stellar population … Continue reading "Is the Milky Way… Normal?"

The Crab Nebula, the result of a bright supernova explosion seen by Chinese and other astronomers in the year 1054, is 6,500 light-years from Earth. At its center is a neutron star, a super-dense star produced by the supernova. As it rotates at about 30 times per second, its beam of radiation passes over the Earth every orbit, like a cosmic lighthouse. As the young pulsar slows down, large amounts of energy are injected into its surroundings. In particular, a high-speed wind of matter and…