stars and galaxies

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send ...

Did monster black holes or galaxies come first? The James Webb Space Telescope may have a surprise answer

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Dr. Sarah Adams

“What came first, the galaxy or its monster black hole?” Technically, it’s an even more ancient riddle than the one about the ...

Hubble Telescope gifts us a dazzling starry ‘snow globe’ just in time for the holidays

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Dr. Sarah Adams

‘Tis the season for twinkling lights, both in your neighborhood and deep in space. To celebrate the festive season, NASA has published ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission aims to map 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A new extraordinary NASA mission aims to map the sky in unprecedented detail and color. Construction has started on SPHEREx, a new ...

James Webb Space Telescope reveals distances of nearly 200 deep-space galaxies

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers determine the distance to nearly 200 galaxies and galaxy clusters formed in the universe’s ...