A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.

Four-and-a-half months after the James Webb Space Telescope's Christmas Day launch, engineers have achieved near-perfect alignment of its complex optical system, setting the stage for final instrument ...

“This detection not only validates the incredible sensitivity of Webb but also confirms the postulated central importance of [methyl cation] in interstellar chemistry,” Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel, a ...

The optical and science segment of the largest space telescope ever now stands complete in the largest clean room on the planet, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Now poised to undergo rigorous ...

Research collaboration: Optical and Infrared Synergetic Telescopes for Education and Research (OISTER) is a research collaboration whose article contributions are accrued to its participating partner ...

Buying a telescope is a big step, especially if you’re not sure what all those terms — f/ratio, magnification, go-to — mean. So, to eliminate confusion and make sure you understand what you’re buying, ...

The Apollo program is a constant reminder that we just don’t need so much to get the job done. Sure it’s easier with today’s tools, but hard work can do it too. [Bill Hammack] elaborates on one such ...

A new telescope in La Palma, in Spain's Canary Islands, coordinates with gravitational-wave detectors to track down optical signals of the colossal collisions that cause them. The Gravitational-wave ...