Arguably among the most valuable instruments in scientific history, Hubble continues to make important discoveries, including this year detecting the farthest individual star ever seen -- Earendel, whose light took 12.9 billion years to reach us. It is currently forecast to remain operational throughout this decade, with a 50 percent...
Webb telescope captures ‘breathtaking’ images of Orion Nebula
An international research team on Monday revealed the first images of the Orion Nebula captured with the James Webb Space Telescope, leaving astronomers "blown away." The stellar nursery is situated in the constellation Orion, 1,350 light-years away from Earth, in a similar setting in which our own solar system was...
James Webb Space Telescope opens its eyes on the universe
Distant galaxies, bright nebulae, and a faraway giant gas planet are among the observatory's first targets.
