Telescope

Infrared telescopes discover hundreds of previously undetected supermassive black holes

Using IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists identify hundreds of obscured black holes hidden behind gas and dust.

Webb telescope captures 'stunning' images of 19 spiral galaxies

The images let scientists resolve the structure of the clouds of dust and gas from which stars and planets form at a high level of detail in galaxies considered galactic satellites of the Milky Way.

By REUTERS
31/01/2024

Saturn visible in Israel's night sky at its brightest

While the rings won't be visible to the naked eye any small backyard telescope should show the rings, which will appear as bright oval-shaped disks.

NASA’s Webb Telescope captures the dying star ‘Ring Nebula’ in new detail

The images were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, which was developed to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Telescope. 

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble telescope captures galaxy clusters merging

Gravitational lensing has the practical effect of a magnifying glass, microscope, or binoculars, and enables scientists to observe celestial bodies that would otherwise be too distant to discern.

Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, is seen alongside its moons (illustrative).

Direct imaging unveils 'Jupiter's younger sibling': Landmark in exoplanet exploration

This method could revolutionize the way we discover extrasolar planets, especially those that are challenging to detect due to their distance, mass, or orientation relative to Earth.

NASA to launch telescopes to investigate 'dark energy' in space

By 2027, a pair of space telescopes will be probing deep space to investigate why the universe's rate of expansion is increasing.

Israeli astrophysicists may have solved the mystery of early massive galaxies

A new theoretical model made by Israeli astrophysicists reveals an excess of massive galaxies, in contrast to previously accepted theories.

NASA’s James Webb Telescope observes massive, rare pre-supernova star

The star, WR 124, is 15,000 lightyears away, located in the Sagitta constellation.

Asteroid the size of two NFL football fields accidentally discovered by NASA - study

The images were originally meant to be calibration images of a main-belt asteroid, which astronomers discovered 25 years ago. 

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