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The Space Telescope That Will Look for Alien Life Is Reaching Its Final Destination
If all goes to plan, the James Webb Space Telescope will be nudged into orbit at Lagrange Point 2 on Monday.
NASA Is Launching a $10 Billion 'Time Machine'
The James Webb Telescope will peer farther back into the universe's history than ever before and is the "ultimate time machine," scientists say.
Meet the NASA Engineer Who Protects Satellites From Cyberthreats
Kenneth Harris II, who has worked on everything from space security to next-generation observatories, was inspired to pursue a career in spaceflight by his father.
A Black Hole Is Eating a Web of Galaxies on the Edge of Spacetime
It has taken virtually the entire lifespan of the universe for the light from the 'Web of the Giant' to reach Earth.
New Oxygen-Hunting Technique Could Tell If Distant Planets Are ‘Alive or Not’
"Oxygen is one of the most exciting molecules to detect because of its link with life, but we don't know if life is the only cause of oxygen in an atmosphere.”
Scientists Just Discovered 39 'Invisible' Galaxies
These ancient galaxies, known as H-dropouts, defy our current understanding of the early universe.
At Nine Billion Light Years, ‘Icarus’ Is the Most Distant Star Ever Observed
Thanks to gravitational lensing, astronomers can observe normal stars across colossal stretches of space and time.
NASA Is Stress-Testing Its Next Gigantic Kickass Space Telescope
Watch an astrophysicist's talk on the telescope from the Perimeter Institute.
There Better Be Some Goddamn Aliens in This Solar System Loaded with Earth-Sized Planets
A newly discovered seven-planet system is our “best bet” for finding life.
There'd Better Be Some Goddamn Aliens in This Solar System Loaded With Earth-Sized Planets
A newly discovered seven-planet system is our “best bet” for finding life.
The Universe Contains Ten Times As Many Galaxies As Previously Estimated
“It boggles the mind that over 90 percent of the galaxies in the universe have yet to be studied.”
Watch this Brief History of the Search for an Earthlike Exoplanet
A trip inside the “holy grail” of exoplanet research.