Joseph ShavitOct 18, 2021How to ship the world's largest space telescope 5,800 miles across the oceanWhen NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches, it will undergo one of the most harrowing deployment processes any spacecraft has endured.
Joseph ShavitOct 12, 2021Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planetsScientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.
Joshua ShavitSep 13, 2021Ground-based observatories could use starshades to see distant planetsHow do we find Earth-like planets outside our solar system? Send a giant structure that blocks starlight so that astronomers can see further
Joshua ShavitSep 11, 2021NASA's next space telescope to launch in DecemberThe James Webb Space Telescope, which astronomers hope will herald a new era of discovery, will launch on December 18, 2021.
Joseph ShavitAug 17, 2021Giant gravitational wave detectors could peer back to see a universe before starsJust 5 years ago, physicists opened a new window on the universe when they first detected gravitational waves, ripples in space itself
Joseph ShavitJul 27, 2021Galileo Project revolutionizes search for alien life through Artificial IntelligenceA new open data nonprofit scientific initiative by Avi Loeb will use a network of telescopes, cameras and computers to scan for alien life
Joseph ShavitJul 5, 2021NASA Approves Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope to Safeguard EarthNASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development
Joseph ShavitJul 3, 2021Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission ExtensionNEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our nearest solar system neighbors