The power of James Webb: new image shows the improvement over older space telescopes

05. 07 2022

James Webb (JWST)

Telescope JWST ongoing calibration

14. 06 2022

Gaia

Astronomers just got treasure trove of new data on stars in Milky Way

The European Space Agency released new data from its Gaia astrometric mission. The new data release (DR3) from the Gaia telescope will change once again our view of our own galaxy. Just like the previous releases, which revealed the history of galactic mergers, stellar positions and movements and so much more.

07. 06 2022

Telescopes

Hubble captures the widest image of COSMOS field in infrared

This is a recently released Hubble's image of the COSMOS field - part of the sky used by astronomers to study the distant universe. It contains pictures of many galaxies, some of them with redshift over 2. That means their light has been stretched by the expansion of the universe into the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

26. 05 2022

Gaia

Gaia space telescope discovered its first two exoplanets

European space observatory Gaia measures precise positions of stars in our galaxy, however it can also look for exoplanets. Scientists now report confirmation of two exoplanets discovered by the spacecraft.