On Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 at 1:47 am EST, NASA’s Artemis 1 mission successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. …

Lately, the James Webb Space Telescope has kicked things into high gear, taking amazing images of galaxies and nebulae using its near-infrared and mid-infrared technology to peer into the gas and dust of these objects. This has included galaxies like the Phantom Galaxy and nebulae like the Eagle Nebula, which…

This summer, the James Webb Space Telescope took a look at several galaxies using its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Shortly afterward, Webb took some up-close views of M74, known as the Phantom Galaxy. This deep dive into the galaxy also involved using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, showcasing the combined…

New exoplanets are being discovered every day, with NASA’s exoplanet catalog reaching an impressive 5,000 confirmed exoplanets. Recently, researchers using the 3.5-meter telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory telescope in Arizona discovered an exoplanet with an average density similar to that of a marshmallow. …

Last month, NASA released the first images of the Pillars of Creation taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. These beautiful clouds of interstellar dust are responsible for birthing new stars as the dust collapses in on itself. …

In a paper published in the Journal for the History of Astronomy, researchers Victor Gysembergh, Peter Williams, and Emanuel Zingg have announced the possible discovery of long-lost ancient star maps that may have been created by the famous astronomer Hipparchus between 162 and 127 BC. Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer…

Astronomers regularly collect a ton of data, a look through NASA’s archives will prove that. There is so much data to process that information is sometimes overlooked or ignored. In fact, new discoveries have been made on multiple occasions by scientists simply reviewing old data that has been tucked away…

On October 19th, 2022, NASA revealed the latest work from the James Webb Space Telescope: a beautiful image of the Pillars of Creation, a famous landscape located in the Eagle Nebula. Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) allows us to find never before seen stars and details scattered about the scene. The…

Discovered earlier this year by the Hubble Space Telescope, the star Earendel is the furthest star from Earth that we have been able to find so far. It was recently observed by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing a preview of Webb’s capability to observe the early Universe. Named after…