/tags/astronomy astronomy en-US WLRN Mon, 26 Dec 2022 21:00:00 GMT /space/2022-12-26/how-the-james-webb-space-telescope-transformed-astronomy-this-year One year ago, on Christmas Day, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched. Since it began collecting data, it has captured - in stunning detail - previously unobservable stars, planets and galaxies. Mon, 26 Dec 2022 21:00:00 GMT /space/2022-12-26/how-the-james-webb-space-telescope-transformed-astronomy-this-year Kai McNamee, Mallory Yu /news/2022-08-31/an-astronomer-thinks-alien-tech-could-be-on-the-ocean-floor-not-everyone-agrees Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks alien technology could be on the ocean floor. And if he finds anything with buttons on it, he would very much like to press those buttons. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-31/an-astronomer-thinks-alien-tech-could-be-on-the-ocean-floor-not-everyone-agrees Kai McNamee /news/2022-08-11/the-last-time-to-catch-a-supermoon-this-year-is-approaching Supermoons in general appear 17% bigger and 30% brighter than when the moon is at its farthest point away from Earth, according to NASA. Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-11/the-last-time-to-catch-a-supermoon-this-year-is-approaching Ayana Archie /news/2022-07-18/this-app-compares-hubble-and-webb-images-the-differences-are-astronomical Software developer John Christensen coded an app to show you just how far NASA innovation has come since Hubble. Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:15:38 GMT /news/2022-07-18/this-app-compares-hubble-and-webb-images-the-differences-are-astronomical Kai McNamee /news/2022-07-14/scientists-have-picked-up-a-radio-signal-heartbeat-billions-of-light-years-away Scientists have not been able to pinpoint the exact location of the radio waves yet. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:30:04 GMT /news/2022-07-14/scientists-have-picked-up-a-radio-signal-heartbeat-billions-of-light-years-away Ayana Archie /news/2022-05-12/this-is-the-first-image-of-the-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way "We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*," an international team of astrophysicists and researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope team said. Thu, 12 May 2022 15:02:38 GMT /news/2022-05-12/this-is-the-first-image-of-the-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way Bill Chappell /news/2022-03-22/there-are-more-than-5-000-confirmed-planets-beyond-our-solar-system-nasa-says These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even "mini-Neptunes." Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:22:46 GMT /news/2022-03-22/there-are-more-than-5-000-confirmed-planets-beyond-our-solar-system-nasa-says Joe Hernandez /news/2022-03-21/astronomys-contribution-to-climate-change-rivals-the-emissions-from-some-countries Building and operating telescopes can generate a lot of greenhouse gases. In fact, it's as if each astronomer in the world was driving more than 100,000 miles per year, a new study finds. Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:24:51 GMT /news/2022-03-21/astronomys-contribution-to-climate-change-rivals-the-emissions-from-some-countries Nell Greenfieldboyce /2022-03-16/the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-working-as-well-as-astronomers-dreamed-it-would Picture perfect: Mission managers say the telescope's mirror segments have been aligned and have focused on single stars, a critical milestone, and the telescope is working flawlessly. Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:53:59 GMT /2022-03-16/the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-working-as-well-as-astronomers-dreamed-it-would Nell Greenfieldboyce /npr-breaking-news/2021-12-03/leonard-is-the-brightest-comet-all-year-heres-how-to-see-it The comet was discovered less than a year ago near the orbit of Jupiter. Now, observers in North America can see it in the northeastern sky around sunrise. Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:19:37 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2021-12-03/leonard-is-the-brightest-comet-all-year-heres-how-to-see-it Scott Neuman