James Webb Space Telescope

An Amazing JWST Image of a Protostar

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been giving us a fabulous new view on the universe since its launch.…

8 hours ago

Tracing the Big Ideas that Led to Webb

At the end of large engineering projects, the design team is typically asked to develop a document, in some cases…

2 weeks ago

NASA is Building a Space Telescope to Observe Exoplanet Atmospheres

The exoplanet census continues to grow. Currently, 5,819 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,346 star systems, while thousands more await…

3 weeks ago

Webb and ALMA Team Up to Study Primeval Galaxy

One of the most exciting developments in modern astronomy is how astronomers can now observe and study the earliest galaxies…

3 weeks ago

James Webb’s Big Year for Cosmology

The James Webb Space Telescope was designed and built to study the early universe, and hopefully revolutionary our understanding of…

1 month ago

One of the Most Interesting Exoplanets Just Got Even More Interesting!

Since the discovery of the first exoplanet in 1992, thousands more have been discovered. 40 light years away, one such…

2 months ago

Three More “Galactic Monster” Ultra-Massive Galaxies Found

One of the surprise findings with the James Webb Space Telescope is the discovery of massive galaxies in the early…

3 months ago

James Webb Confirms Hubble’s Calculation of Hubble’s Constant

We have been spoiled over recent years with first the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and then the James Webb Space…

3 months ago

Why are Some Quasars So Lonely?

At the centre of most galaxies are supermassive black holes. When they are ‘feeding’ they blast out jets of material…

3 months ago

Early Black Holes Fed 40x Faster than Should Be Possible

The theory goes that black holes accrete material, often from nearby stars. However the theory also suggests there is a…

3 months ago