Built by L3Harris, it’s funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and potential replacement technology ... made rocket engines and first stage parts that are being redeveloped with Firefly ...

This property of telescopes allows you to observe objects much fainter than you can see with your eyes alone. Galileo said it best when he declared that telescopes "revealed the invisible." ...

Originally known as the "Next Generation Space Telescope," the telescope was somewhat controversially named after James E. Webb, one of NASA's early administrators. Webb ran NASA from 1961 to 1968 ...

A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, known as NGC 5643, is located roughly 40 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lupus.

Day 16 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: a new view of a distant spiral. This image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows spiral galaxy NGC 628 in a new light. The galaxy ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement after being hospitalized during a trip to Luxembourg, her office said Saturday. "Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita ...

In new images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the galaxy appears as a long, warped arc teaming with star clusters that resemble a swarm of lightning bugs on a warm summer night.

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks. A time-lapse of images from NASA’s James Webb ...

By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, had hip replacement surgery on Saturday after falling while on an official trip to Luxembourg ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ago. This "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy could reveal how our own galaxy evolved.

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than images from ground-based telescopes. In August of that year, Hubble made one ...