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A dense field of stars imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's LSST camera.

Vera Rubin Observatory Starts Its 10-Year Sky Survey

The world's largest digital camera has begun a decade-long film of the southern sky, imaging it every few nights to catch whatever moves or flares.

Science  · 1 Jul 2026, 09:23  · Daniel Okafor
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives at Kennedy Space Center on June 21, 2026.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Reaches Florida for an August Launch

The next great observatory came in by barge, sealed in a case the team calls 'the Chariot,' and ahead of schedule.

Science  · 22 Jun 2026, 09:24  · Daniel Okafor
Artist's illustration of the giant exoplanet GJ504b, the magenta-hued “Pink Planet” (illustration, not a photograph).

Webb Finds Salt Clouds on the 'Pink Planet' GJ504b

A faint magenta world too dim for ground telescopes turned out to be hiding clouds of salt — and a lesson about how astronomers read alien skies.

Science  · 21 Jun 2026, 18:28  · Daniel Okafor
A James Webb Space Telescope view related to the 'black hole star' candidate GLIMPSE-17775.

Webb Finds the Strongest Case Yet for 'Black Hole Stars'

Webb's deepest spectrum of a 'little red dot,' GLIMPSE-17775, points to a supermassive black hole cloaked in dense gas, a possible answer to two cosmic puzzles.

Science  · 16 Jun 2026, 12:29  · Daniel Okafor
Artist's impression of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121 b orbiting close to its star.

Webb Tells Dawn From Dusk on Scorching Planet WASP-121b

On a tidally locked gas giant, Webb told dawn from dusk, finding the evening edge hotter and the air chemistry different across the planet's two faces.

Science  · 14 Jun 2026, 18:53  · Daniel Okafor