A specialized observing mode aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has overcome a major technical setback. After years of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered new evidence that sheds light on what scientists know about black holes. Launched more than four years ago, the infrared observatory, and successor to the ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) James Webb Space Telescope. There had not been such a ...

Recently, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) used its powerful interferometer, also called the VLTI, as part of its GRAVITY+ upgrade to the entire system. The VLT is one of the world’s most advanced ...

An international research team has revealed the first images of the Orion Nebula captured with the James Webb Space Telescope, leaving astronomers “blown away ...

Space telescopes are revolutionizing exoplanet discovery, allowing astronomers to detect Earth-like worlds orbiting distant stars. By observing subtle dimming of starlight, measuring gravitational ...

A pair of Sydney PhD students helped sharpen the view of humanity’s most powerful space observatory – without leaving Earth. As an indelible reminder of this thrilling result, Louis Desdoigts, now a ...

Astronomers have revealed the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) sharpest-ever image of the area around a black hole. The spectacular view could help solve a decades-long mystery while reversing a ...

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This animation, provided by the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), shows the path of light inside GRAVITY+, an instrument and a large and complex upgrade to ESO’s Very Large ...