The James Webb Space Telescope has recently captured a large spiral galaxy that resembles Earth's own Milky Way Galaxy that exists a little over a billion light years away. [Read More]
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an image of Herbig-Haro 211 that is an "infantile analog" of the Sun when it was just a baby star with a mass of about one-twelfth the present-day Sun. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-09-15 17:02
One of the James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments was struck by a micrometeoroid and while it has been damaged, NASA says it's not cause for alarm and the telescope is still on schedule. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-06-13 19:03
NASA has announced that it will release the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12. There's even a countdown on the dedicated Webb Space Telescope website. dpreview.com »
2022-06-06 18:09
The James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned. After a full review, NASA has announced that the JWST team has completed the seventh and final stage of telescope alignment. Following completion, the team held a series of key decision meetings and unanimously agreed that Webb's ready to enter the final series of preparations, science instrument commissioning, ahead of full scientific operations. dpreview.com »
2022-04-29 18:38
Lead image: Artist's rendition of James Webb Space Telescope in space. Credit: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, NASA Animator NASA's James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on Christmas morning from Arianespace's ELA-3 launch complex at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. dpreview.com »
2022-01-26 20:52
Lead image credit: NASA After more than a month in safe mode, NASA has announced that the Hubble Space Telescope has returned to full science operations. We reported on November 8 that Hubble was in safe mode following its second shutdown of the year. dpreview.com »
2021-12-08 17:52
NASA's Juno spacecraft recently made its 66th flyby, or "perijove," of the gas giant, Jupiter, returning many spectacular raw images to Earth. While NASA processes many photos from the Juno mission, community editors are a significant part of the photography efforts, and the latest community submissions are incredible. [Read More]
NASA's Perseverance rover captured the clearest view of Mars' landscape yet, showing incredible blue rocks on the dusty surface that raise pivotal questions about the Red Planet's complex history. [Read More]
While browsing Reddit yesterday, I came across a gorgeous photo of Earth that had been downloaded from the NOAA's GOES-East orbital satellite. Looking more closely, I realized the NOAA was uploading a new, 470-megapixel photo every 10 minutes. [Read More]
The Mars Curiosity rover landed inside the Gale crater on Mars on August 6th, 2012. In the 12 years since, the rover has seen a lot of amazing things on Mars and taken thousands of photos, many unlike anything ever seen before.
Despite being harsh and inhospitable, Mars has a surprisingly cheery disposition. Scientists have located a "smiley face" on the Martian surface as part of a new study of the Red Planet's surface. [Read More]
The picturesque view from the cupola in the International Space Station (ISS) is iconic -- it has been in photos and videos countless times. However, it had never been the location for a live interview, at least until this week. [Read More]
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is about 210,000 light-years away. The SMC is one of the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbors and is one of its "satellite" galaxies.