The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
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The Biggest Telescope on Earth Could Detect Life Around Other Stars in a Matter of Hours
The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...
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Gaia telescope retires: Scientists bid farewell to 'the discovery machine of the decade ...
After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...
Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a ...
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A Telescope Is Taking 12 Years To Build But Could Find Extraterrestrial Life In Hours
The circumstances need to be right, but modeling suggests finding biosignatures in the atmospheres of planets orbiting nearby ...
Sagittarius C: Webb provides closest look yet at one of Milky Way's most extreme environments
Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 ...
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Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop. The composite image makes it look as though the ...
Webb telescope directly observes exoplanet CO₂ for first time
The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...
NASA's Webb Telescope Reveals ‘Cosmic Tornado’ in Action
A newborn star, a blast of glowing gas, and a distant spiral galaxy — all caught in one stunning snapshot by the James Webb ...