First images from the James Webb Space Telescope
Here they are. JWST has started to deliver. The first images AND confirmation that an exoplanet has water.
A renewed attack by the woke brigade on the naming of the James Webb Space Telescope
The insidious creeping of woke culture into all parts of society is extremely concerning.
It’s arrived - update at the end of the James Webb Space Telescope’s “29 days on the edge”
This complex space telescope is now a million miles away and fully deployed - but it still needs fine tuning over the coming months.
It’s getting there - first update after the James Webb Space Telescope’s Christmas Day launch
JWST is already a third of its way to its destination of a million miles from Earth - and everything’s going well.
The James Webb Space Telescope has been launched and promises much
If the next 29 days go to plan, humanity’s latest space telescope will then begin to do its groundbreaking work.
Can we travel faster than the speed of light?
Will we ever be able to achieve faster than light travel, perhaps using warp drive and exploiting wormholes? Or is this just another dream of science fiction?
Another “seven minutes of terror” - this time for China’s Mars rover Zhurong
China’s Mars rover Zhurong is the latest visitor to the surface of our nearest planet. NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in February, following the successful Curiosity rover mission of the past nine years.
Biosignatures and technosignatures
The search for biosignatures and technosignatures is underway, looking for evidence of life elsewhere in the galaxy.
Exoplanets - an overview
Astronomers are finding lots of exoplanets, but this wasn’t always the case. Exoplanets in the habitable zone are especially exciting because they might host life.