Astronomy
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.