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What Was the First Planet Discovered With a Telescope?

For hundreds of years, telescopes have allowed us to map the stars and study the great mysteries of the cosmos. Astronomers ...

Radio telescopes help scientists map molecules in space and uncover where and how stars form

You may have heard the phrase "we are made of star-stuff." This statement by the astronomer Carl Sagan refers to the fact ...
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Webb Telescope Finds Its First Planet, Boosting Search For Earth 2.0

In a landmark achievement, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet. About the same mass as Saturn, it was found in a star system about 111 light-years distant. It’s also the ...

Bright planets can blind the Webb telescope. A fix is coming.

Because the planets in our solar system are so bright, they flood the telescope's sensors with more light than they can ...
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The James Webb telescope read the surface of a rocky exoplanet for the first time: a dark, hot rock

The James Webb Space Telescope has separated the thermal glow of a rocky planet from the light of its star and used that ...

First AI-driven telescope goes stargazing

Every night, astronomers must carefully assess changing weather, the intensity of moonlight and shifting atmospheric conditions before deciding where to point a telescope. It's a constant balancing ...

10 Of The World's Biggest Telescopes & Where They're Located

Reaching out and seeing into the vast distances of space means using incredibly sophisticated equipment and the perfect ...