‘Ghosts of the radio universe’: astronomers have discovered a slew of faint circular objects
The ghostly ring Kýklos (from the Greek κύκλος, circle or ring) and the object WR16 both show the environment of rare and ...
Razor-Thin, Ultra-Powerful – The Lens That’s Revolutionizing Telescopes
A team of scientists at the University of Utah has designed a flat lens that matches the power of traditional curved lenses ...
NASA telescope will study what put the bang in the big bang
Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base no sooner than Tuesday night, ...
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Breakthrough in Astronomy: First Flat Telescope Lens Captures Color and Distant Starlight
For centuries, telescopes have relied oncurved glass lenses to bend light and bring the cosmos into focus. While effective, these traditional lenses come with a major drawback—the more powerful they ...
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Raging winds and hidden metals: The wild weather of a distant exoplanet
Scientists mapped exoplanet WASP-121b’s atmosphere, revealing extreme winds and hidden metals. Iron and titanium appear ...
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From interstellar dust to life beyond Earth: Why scientists can't wait for NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope
The megaphone-shaped spacecraft, called SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...
New JPL space mission seeks to unravel the mystery of cosmic ‘inflation’
The cosmos is riddled with evidence that the universe began with an exotic, unfathomably rapid expansion, but scientists ...
A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
SPHEREx is set to launch at Friday from California. Here are five things to know about NASA's latest advanced space telescope ...
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New NASA Space Telescope Will See the Universe in 102 Colors
NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the entire sky in 102 different “colors” of light, offering scientists an unprecedented ...
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NASA set to launch SPHEREx space telescope to scan entire sky
NASA's newest space telescope will scan the entire sky in a range of near-infrared wavelengths to help astronomers better ...
NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope will create the world’s most complete sky survey
The $488 mission will scan the entire sky to better understand the evolution of the universe and look for ingredients for ...
Scientists spotted an unheard-of planet. Webb just peered into it.
The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...