It’s been almost one year since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) released its first finds to the public. Now the JWST has its sights set on the ringed planet Saturn. On June 25, JWST used its hard working Near-Infrared ...
Read More »Euclid space telescope begins its search through billions of galaxies for dark matter and energy
It’s an exhilarating and sobering thought: All the planets, galaxies, starlight, and other objects that we can see and measure in the universe make up just 5 percent of existence. The other 95 percent are eaten up by two enigmas, ...
Read More »NASA turns spectacular space telescope images into vibey ‘cosmic sonifications’
Scientists have translated data from cosmic bodies and events into spectacular audio renditions for years, but NASA’s latest releases may be the first to feature accompanying real-time visual aides. Unveiled on Tuesday, a trio of brief “sonifications” derived from information ...
Read More »A college student built an AI to help look for alien radio signals
Enlisting advanced artificial intelligence to help humans search for signs of extraterrestrial life may sound like the premise to a sci-fi novel. Nevertheless, it’s a strategy that investigators are increasingly employing to help expedite and improve their ET detection methodologies. ...
Read More »These 6 galaxies are so huge, they’ve been nicknamed ‘universe breakers’
Using the first dataset released by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of scientists have discovered something surprising– evidence of six massive galaxies that existed during the early days of our universe. “These objects are way more ...
Read More »JWST’s latest new galaxy discoveries mirror the Milky Way
Breathtaking visuals of the swirling arms of spiral galaxies are some of the awe-inspiring images our galaxy and others have to offer. In only its first Earth-year in space, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has already captured some stunning ...
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