NASA engineers successfully install extremely strong ‘sunblock’ shield on Roman Space Telescope
The Lower Instrument Sun Shade protects the telescope’s sensitive instruments from the Sun’s heat and light so it can capture faint infrared signals from deep space.
Published: Aug 1, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Astronomers unveil exceptionally powerful high-resolution spectrograph to find red dwarf planets
A powerful new instrument at the European Southern Observatory has published its first scientific findings, representing a major step forward in the quest for habitable planets.
Published: Aug 1, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Watch stunning transition video of planetary nebula NGC 6072 between Webb's NIRCam and MIRI images
Planetary nebulae, with their stunning and varied shapes, have been a source of immense fascination for astronomers.
Published: Jul 31, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Scientist says heliostats could help detect asteroids at night: 'We can help find near-Earth objects'
John Sandusky, a scientist, is leading research into a new method for detecting near-Earth asteroids at night, repurposing heliostats typically used for solar energy.
Published: Jul 29, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Hubble beautifully captures explosive past of spiral galaxy NGC 1309, 100 million light-years away, in latest image
The new Hubble image showcases NGC 1309's distinct elements, from its vivid blue star-forming areas and dark dust lanes to its glowing galactic core.
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Europa Clipper en route to Jupiter captures stunning image of Mars with moons Phobos and Deimos
On February 28, 2025, the Clipper captured this image of Mars's heat signature while performing a crucial gravity-assist maneuver.
Published: Jul 28, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Webb Telescope illuminates hidden black holes feasting on stars in dusty cosmic corners
The JWST's powerful infrared capabilities allowed astronomers from MIT, Columbia University, and other institutions to see through thick cosmic dust, uncovering dramatic events long concealed.
Published: Jul 25, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Rubin Observatory unintentionally captured pre-discovery images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
During its testing period, the observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope and Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera were coincidentally pointed at the precise celestial coordinates of 3I/ATLAS.
Updated: Dec 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
James Webb Telescope uncovers Jupiter moon Europa's surprisingly dynamic and shifting ice shell
Spectral data from JWST, analyzed by Dr. Ujjwal Raut and his team at SwRI, shows Europa's surface ice crystallizes at varying rates.
Updated: Jul 25, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Subaru Telescope discovers ancient ‘fossil’ object beyond Pluto, challenges the existence of Planet Nine
This new find brings the total to four known sednoids, a mysterious group of icy bodies with elongated orbits.
Published: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA Chandra discovers 'baby' exoplanet shrinking under attack from its host star
TOI 1227 b, a newly designated exoplanet, is a youthful 8 million years old—a thousand times younger than our Sun.
Updated: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope survey aims to discover 100,000 star explosions and feeding black holes
Scientists will create a time-lapse cosmic movie by repeatedly conducting the two-year High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey.
Updated: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA’s James Webb Telescope discovers evidence of a black hole formed without a supernova explosion
Named for its unique shape, the 'Infinity Galaxy' is a cosmic smash-up that appears to be the first-ever observed 'direct collapse' black hole.
Updated: Jul 21, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Hubble's latest portrait of galaxy cluster 2.8 billion light-years away holds cosmic secrets beyond what's visible
More than a hundred individual galaxies sparkle in the new Hubble image, yet the cluster's intricate nature extends far beyond the realm of visible light.
Published: Jul 14, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Hubble and Webb Telescopes reveal stunning two faces of a star cluster duo in distant galaxy
The two star clusters, NGC 460 and NGC 456, offer a stunning look at how gas, dust, and newly forming stars interact within a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
Published: Jul 9, 2025 | By Raj Naik
New Webb image unveils rapid birth of stars in Cigar Galaxy, capturing dust and outflows in stunning detail
Though significantly smaller than the Milky Way, Messier 82 blazes with five times its luminosity and sparks new stars at ten times the rate.
Published: Jul 8, 2025 | By Raj Naik
'Almost every area of astronomy': NASA's SPHEREx reveals universe's infrared secrets, week by week
SPHEREx is designed to create a full spectral map, which will provide a vast amount of data to explore nearly every aspect of astronomy.
Published: Jul 4, 2025 | By Raj Naik
NASA's James Webb uncovers dark matter's secrets in highly detailed new images of Bullet Cluster
The Webb Telescope's highly detailed images of the Bullet Cluster have significantly advanced our understanding of dark matter distribution and galactic collision dynamics.
Published: Jul 2, 2025 | By Raj Naik
Inspired by NASA, Rubin Observatory to scan the night sky for 10 years to create a time-lapse of the cosmos
The LSST Camera captures incredibly vast individual images, each covering a sky area as large as 45 full Moons.
Published: Jun 26, 2025 | By Raj Naik
James Webb Telescope directly images a Saturn-mass planet orbiting a distant young star
This discovery would represent a significant milestone for the Webb Telescope, marking its very first direct imaging of a planet.
Published: Jun 26, 2025 | By Raj Naik