The primary objective of this spacewalk is to replace critical hardware and repair the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray telescope. Listen to Story Williams and Hague will ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen, with features appearing like grains and knots found in a cut of wood. "Once upon a time ...

Please join the CSIS Africa Program for a conversation with U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to discuss the state of U.S.-Africa relations. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield has had a storied career ...

With three spectacular cosmic events happening, January is the perfect time to pick up a telescope. We've rounded up the best telescopes for beginners, to suit a range of budgets. January is ...

An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: SA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez The James Webb Space ...

Of all the mysteries that the massive James Webb Space Telescope has seen so far in the early universe, one of the strangest are objects that astronomers now call "little red dots." Like the ...

On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a highly anticipated update to the Biden-Harris Administration’s AI and semiconductor export ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

Find the best telescopes to unlock the wonders of the night sky and view lunar occultations, celestial conjunctions and planetary parades in January. The best telescope unlocks the wonders of the ...

We've searched the vast array of telescope options that Amazon stocks ... There are two main catadioptric designs: the Maksutov-Cassegrain and Schmidt-Cassegrain. Both types often come with ...

The national pass rate for 2020 was 76.2%, reflecting a 5.1% decrease from 2019. The national pass rate for 2021 was 76.4%, reflecting a 4.2% increase from 2020. The national pass rate for 2022 ...