In a huge milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been aligned to produce the first unified image of a…
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White holes are really just something scientists have imagined — they could exist, but we’ve never seen one, or even seen…
“Holy sharks, Batman, it’s periodic!” I exclaimed on Slack. It was the first lockdown of 2021 in Perth, and we…
On December 19 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending…
The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers. It’s also a timely opportunity to reflect…
When the immense sound of the Ariane 5 rocket rumbles across Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, it will signal the end of…
When the most massive stars die, they collapse to form some of the densest objects known in the Universe: black…
The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to head to space on Dec. 18, 2021. With it, astronomers hope to…
The universe is a large place. So large that we can’t see all the way to the other side of…
It takes a long time to send something to space but the James Webb Space Telescope has taken longer than…