Getting Ready for Launch: The History, Design, & Science of JWST
You may have heard in the news that JWST is launching soon — we’ve got you covered with an overview of the space telescope, why it’s important, and what it’ll do for science!
You may have heard in the news that JWST is launching soon — we’ve got you covered with an overview of the space telescope, why it’s important, and what it’ll do for science!
JWST has not been without controversy. Why do many astronomers want it to be renamed, and what are the implications as we move into a new era of astronomy?
NASA is a massive and multifaceted organization. As a graduate student, you can participate in the reviews that ultimately lead to the next big space mission.
We interview 5-year-old space connoisseur Ryan and mom Tammy about their favorite space facts, becoming Twitter famous, and the representation of Black girl scientists!
The rocks explored by the Curiosity Rover in Gale Crater are sure signs of the past presence of water on the red planet, but how did they form? The prevailing view has been a long-lasting lake environment, potentially suitable for life, but today’s paper offers a much more dramatic explanation.
A team of researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Centre, SETI and others have performed a statistical analysis on data from the Kepler Space Telescope and Gaia to estimate the occurrence rate of potentially habitable exoplanets around Sun-like stars.