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Jun 13, 2023 · The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the light from the earliest galaxies and quasars in the cosmic history. Learn how astronomers are using JWST to study the formation and evolution of supermassive black holes and massive galaxies in the first billion years of the universe.
- MIT Physics
Last July, the public got a first look at the telescope’s...
- MIT Physics
Nov 24, 2023 · An experiment aboard NASA’s Psyche mission achieved “first light” by sending and receiving its first deep-space laser communications from far beyond the moon.
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Jun 22, 2023 · How did the universe become transparent and allow the first light to shine through? New results from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the role of star-forming galaxies in the epoch of reionization.
Oct 3, 2023 · Discover how an X-ray telescope has revolutionized astronomy and our understanding of the universe. A scientific and engineering marvel, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has spent two decades (so far) exploring the cosmos unlike any other telescope. What it has found will astound you.
Jun 13, 2023 · Learn how NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed surprising discoveries about the earliest galaxies and black holes in the cosmic history. Find out what astronomers have learned from JWST’s first year of observations and what they hope to see in the future.
Jul 24, 2024 · Cynthia Chiang is searching for signs of the universe's first light. The cosmologist builds her own equipment, and deploys it to the edges of the Earth, to get a hint of how the cosmos came...
Jul 9, 2023 · Last July, the public got a first look at the telescope’s power, when astronomers released one of the first images taken by the observatory, showing a cluster of spinning galaxies, each one captured in spectacular, luminous detail from 4.6 billion light years away.
