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Scientists want to build telescopes on the moon for up to $10 billion to see more of the universe than the James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon. They're already drafting blueprints and mak…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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What the James Webb Space Telescope's discoveries on another planet mean and don't mean — for the search for alien life
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed that exoplanet K2-18 b may be an ocean world, and there'…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope remind us, yet again, how improbable it is that we're alone in the universe
Webb's first deep field image is a reminder that the universe is full of galaxies with diverse worl…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.
Avi Loeb thinks the public has a right to know the truth about UFOs. He hopes his controversial ide…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA's Webb Telescope spots a water plume twice the length of the US, spewing from a Saturn moon that could host alien life
Gigantic plumes of ocean water are spraying out of Enceladus at a rate of 79 gallons a second, crea…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Morgan Mc…
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Astronomers are urging NASA to build a huge space telescope to see Earth-like worlds outside our solar system
NASA is just about to launch a groundbreaking space telescope. But a once-a-decade report asks the …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The alien-hunting team at SETI has a new test for humanity to decipher messages sent from an alien race
SETI hasn't detected a real message from aliens so it decided to simulate one and see how people re…
Jessica Orwig
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An ancient super-Earth offers an unexpected clue that life in our galaxy could be older than scientists thought
This rocky planet formed about 10 billion years ago, making it twice as old as Earth. It's too hot …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Arecibo telescope's 900-ton platform has crashed into its disk below and destroyed the iconic radio observatory
One of Earth's key radio telescopes fell in on itself, dealing a major blow to astronomers' searche…
Aylin Woodward,Dave Mosher,Mo…
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NASA's first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope peers further back in time than any prior infrared lens, revealing 13 billion years of galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope captured galaxies from more than 13 billion years ago in stunning in…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola R…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will spend its first year looking for primordial galaxies, gold-forging explosions, and habitable planets
NASA is about to launch the world's most powerful space telescope. Webb's first year of science cou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope imaged Jupiter's rings and moons, in white-hot infrared
NASA's new Webb telescope is powerful enough to capture galaxies 13 billion light-years away, and s…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA launches its long-awaited $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, kicking off a cosmic revolution
NASA's biggest space telescope has faced about a decade of delays and budget cuts. It finally screa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A new space telescope is about to take an unprecedented look at alien planets circling distant stars. Watch it launch live.
Like other space telescopes, CHEOPS will watch for tiny dips in stars' brightness that are caused b…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How exoplanet hunters find alien worlds hundreds of light-years away and figure out if they have water
Using data from space telescopes, researchers recently found two possible water-rich exoplanets. It…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A handful of new telescopes are about to transform the hunt for alien life and our understanding of the universe itself
The first of these telescopes, NASA's highly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope, is slated to l…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Photos show what the Arecibo telescope looked like before and after its disastrous collapse
Compare images of the iconic Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico before and after its platform fell 45…