The latest list of approved labels for asteroids includes nods to three more scholars of the order, as well as a pope, challenging the idea that science and religion make awkward partners.
Tag: Telescopes and Observatories
Hubble Telescope Faces Threat From SpaceX and Other Companies’ Satellites
Scientists found that an increasing number of pictures made by the iconic orbital observatory are being disrupted by passing satellites.
Webb Telescope Spots a Distant Spiral Galaxy Like Our Own
LEDA 2046648 has an eerie resemblance to our Milky Way galaxy, but it lies a billion light-years away.
What It Takes to Keep the Keeling Curve Going
Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano.
Newly Discovered Asteroid Passes Close to Earth
First detected just days ago, 2023 BU approached within 2,200 miles of our planet’s surface before moving on.
The Webb Telescope Is Just Getting Started
The first scientific results are coming in, and the $10 billion instrument is working even better than astronomers had dared to hope.
A Divided World United to Launch the James Webb Space Telescope
“I’ve always seen space as an area where we cooperate, through all the trying times,” said a professor who oversaw mission control for the global effort to launch a $10 billion telescope into space.
Webb Telescope Approaches Launch, With an Eye Toward Cosmic Origins
The biggest space telescope in history aims to answer astronomy’s oldest question: How did we get from the Big Bang to here?
A New 10-Year Plan for the Cosmos
On astronomers’ wish list for the next decade: two giant telescopes and a space telescope to search for life and habitable worlds beyond Earth.
The Webb Telescope’s Latest Stumbling Block: Its Name
The long-awaited successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in December. But the NASA official for whom it is named has been accused of homophobia.