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A team of astrophysicists led by Benjamin Rose, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Baylor University, has released a powerful new simulation previewing the extraordinary ...

In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, there's lots of activity as construction on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is still underway, with cranes helping to move pieces in place. The ELT is the ...

But some telescopes are more powerful than others, enabling us to spot distant stars and galaxies and allowing researchers to study extreme phenomena like black holes and Einstein rings. So, what's ...

Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it actually work? This article was originally published at The Conversation. The ...

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you ...

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has settled into low-Earth orbit, where it is transmitting data back home and providing a public wellspring of space data for both professional and citizen scientists.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, ...

Background: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019, public health emergencies have garnered widespread attention, leading to an increasing emphasis in academia on cultivating high-quality public ...

Long after the human authors of Sacred Scripture pondered the moment of creation with “their poetic and religious imagination,” Pope Leo XIV said on Monday, modern scientists continue to explore the ...

The big picture: A new chapter in cosmic exploration has begun with the release of a vast, searchable database from the COSMOS-Web survey, granting the public unprecedented access to the deepest view ...

Open science just got a stellar upgrade. On Thursday, NASA-backed COSMOS-Web made 1.5 terabytes of the James Webb Space Telescope's observational data available online, free of charge. It's the ...