James Webb Space Telescope chief scientist Jane Rigby receives highest US civilian award Last week, the chief scientist of the James Webb Space Telescope, Jane Rigby, was awarded the 2024 Medal of Freedom. Space · May 9, 2024
NASA astronaut and director Ellen Ochoa awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom The first Hispanic woman to launch into space is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States' highest honor. Ellen Ochoa was bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Space · May 5, 2024
In Indiana, the best spot to see the 2024 solar eclipse is wherever you are Indiana is in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, and the state's residents have different ideas about the best spot to watch the event unfold. Space · Apr 8, 2024
Explosive 'star factory' image marks the James Webb telescope's one-year anniversary of operations In its first year of operations, the James Webb Space Telescope has already revolutionized our view of the cosmos. Its one-year anniversary image is a spectacularly beautiful addition. LiveScience · Jul 13, 2023
NASA selects new head of science for the James Webb Space Telescope NASA has announced a new senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, Dr. Jane Rigby, who helped get the telescope up and running in space. Space · Jul 12, 2023
Strange Phenomenon Predicted by Einstein Reveals Oldest Evidence of Mysterious Space Dust Ancient soot appears in a donut-lensed galaxy. What it means is a mystery, even after astronomers looked at it with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Inverse · Jun 7, 2023
James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer explains the stunning, newly released first images The James Webb Space Telescope team has released the first science-quality images from the new telescope. In them are the oldest galaxies ever seen by human eyes, evidence of water on a planet 1,000 light-years away and incredible details showing the birth and death of stars. Webb’s purpose is to… The Conversation · Jul 13, 2022
NASA's James Webb telescope reveals the universe as we've never seen it before NASA's $10 billion new telescope showed the world something remarkable today: an image of some of the first galaxies to form in the universe. WEKU · Jul 11, 2022
Twinkle, twinkle: Astronomers discover farthest star yet Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022