Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope chief scientist Jane Rigby receives highest US civilian award

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

When I sat down with Jane Rigby last month, in an upper-floor conference room at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis — a quiet ...

NASA pauses $16 billion Hubble space telescope that pinned down age of the universe due to ‘glitch’

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

One of Hubble’s gyroscopes is acting up, so the telescope went into safe mode Scientists are figuring out what to do, but ...

Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image)

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

To write that the Hubble Space Telescope is legendary would be an understatement. In the 34 years this telescope has been in ...

The Biggest Digital Camera Ever Made: 6,600 Pounds and 3,200 Megapixels

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

In the early 1990s, a group of scientists had a dream: a new type of telescope that would push astronomy, astrophysics, and ...

Euclid ‘dark universe’ telescope’s vision restored by deicing campaign

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The Euclid “dark universe” probe’s ailing vision has been restored after an experimental deicing campaign successfully evaporated ice from the telescope’s mirrors, ...

Water molecules detected on the surface of asteroids for the first time

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Water molecules ...

Which telescope will be 1st to find alien life? Scientists have some ideas

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

A peek into the future of exoplanet science suggests the forthcoming European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is going to give us our ...

The wildest cosmic mystery the James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Not long after the James Webb Space Telescope came online in 2022, astronomers’ jaws hit the floor. “I remember thinking, This just ...

The explosions of stars may form mysterious, giant ‘odd radio circles’ in space, scientists say

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Odd radio ...

This beginner’s telescope gives you a ‘crystal-clear shot of the moon’ — nearly 50% off, it’ll arrive by Christmas

LifeStyle
Olivia Martin

For the person who wants to go on a cosmic journey, you might be hard-pressed to find a ticket to outer space ...