Last year, the European Space Agency launched the Planck telescope, sending it nearly a million miles deep into space. Using technology with light sensitivity, the telescope was able to capture the ...

The latest generation of astronomy algorithms is not just cataloguing stars and galaxies, it is learning the hidden rules that shape the cosmos. By fusing telescope images, physics based simulation ...

Sure, they're not your typical baby pictures. But a global team of researchers says new images published this week show some of the clearest visualizations yet of the universe in its infancy. If our ...

The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe. Reading time 2 minutes NASA’s newest eye on the cosmos is officially open for ...

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