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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (211+ words) The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and astrophysics. Roman is set to launch August 30, 2026 at 07:26 am EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…...
In 1965, two radio engineers at Bell Labs spent months scraping pigeon droppings out of a giant horn antenna trying to eliminate a faint background hiss they couldn't explain, only to discover the noise was the leftover heat of the Big Bang itself, arriving from every direction at once
13+ hour, 41+ min ago (21+ words) The universe's origin story was hiding in static—and two scientists nearly missed it while cleaning up after pigeons....
The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Is About to Change Astronomy
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (438+ words) Jezebel remains as committed as ever to fostering a space dedicated to championing diverse voices and standard-setting journalism that challenges and exposes the powers that be. The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Is About to Change Astronomy Named for NASA's first…...
On Cloud 9: Have astronomers discovered the first starless galaxy?
16+ hour, 44+ min ago (328+ words) "Most objects in the universe leave some trace of light. Cloud-9 does not. That silence is, in its own way, the most compelling result we could have obtained." Scientists are closer than ever before to confirming that a galaxy known…...
JWST Finds Planet-Forming Disks Losing Gas Before Giant Planets Grow
20+ hour, 43+ min ago (699+ words) Planets are assembled inside broad disks of gas and dust around young stars, but those disks do not last forever. A new James Webb Space Telescope survey shows that winds from young, Sun-like stars can remove the gas while planets…...
Small Telescope with James Webb DNA Starts Staring at Alien Planets Looking for Water
23+ hour, 52+ min ago (411+ words) Pandora (it’s unclear why the ominous name was chosen for this piece of hardware) has been announced since 2021, when NASA revealed it is building the first telescope specifically designed to study starlight filtered through exoplanet atmospheres. Technically speaking, the Pandora…...
Astronomers Watch Entire Process of Huge Star’s Death
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (655+ words) 11:13 JST, August 28, 2026 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers have taken the rare opportunity to observe the explosive death of an enormous star from start to finish, gaining a new understanding of how this kind of violent event can transpire in more ways than…...
JWST spots little red dot galaxies that host fast-growing black holes
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (429+ words) New Nature and MIT studies suggest dense mini galaxies around early-universe black holes LRDs were first detected in 2022 after NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began operations. Objects in the very distant early universe, which had been hard to see…...
Theory-Defying Exoplanet Atmospheres Force a Rethink of Theories
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (953+ words) There's some misunderstanding among the public at large in regards to what a scientific theory is. They're statements about nature based on logic, evidence, and observation. But they're not papal pronouncements about reality that can never be challenged, lest the…...