Astronomers Just Nailed Down the Universe’s Expansion Rate… and Now They Have More Questions

Using a new framework, astronomers arrived at the most precise measurement of our universe’s expansion rate—but things still ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Parker Solar Probe Changed How We See the Universe. Now, Their Models Have Found a Home at the Smithsonian

The National Air and Space Museum’s Virginia location now displays the objects which represent critical leaps forward in ...

Watch Artemis 2 race back to Earth in this telescope livestream tonight

A Virtual Telescope Project livestream will track NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft as it races back toward Earth. Here's how ...

Possible 'hints' of life found on planet 124 light-years away in James Webb Space Telescope data

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

A Japanese team just built a telescope so precise it can spot a 3.5 mm object from 1 kilometer away

A team of Japanese scientists has developed a high-resolution X-ray telescope capable of detecting an object just 3.5 mm wide ...
Astronomy on MSN

Could this telescope find life on alien worlds?

The ExoLife Finder (ELF) looks like no telescope ever built. A spectacular crown of 15 five-meter mirrors perches atop a ...
Science Daily

Webb telescope spots mysterious explosion that defies known physics

Astronomers have spotted a bizarre cosmic explosion that refuses to play by the rules—and it’s leaving scientists scrambling for answers. GRB 250702B, detected by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and ...

How to Watch Artemis II Head Back to Earth From Its Moon Mission Tonight via a Telescope Livestream

Artemis II's 10-day journey ends tomorrow, April 10.

Major new telescope on Chilean summit opens window on universe

Thirty-four years after Cornell University scientists first conceived it, the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) now ...
KOB 4

Artemis II spotted by New Mexico Tech telescope

Researchers at New Mexico Tech were able to catch a glimpse of the Artemis II capsule via telescope as it makes its way back ...

New solar telescope turns sunspots into exoplanet-finding weapons

The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope (PoET), installed at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, ...
Astronomy on MSN

How to observe Artemis 2's last day in space with a telescope

As Artemis 2 nears Earth and the mission prepares to splash down tomorrow evening at 8:07 P.M. EDT, Friday morning presents a ...