DID YOU KNOW? JWST’s primary mirror weighs 705 kilograms ...

NASA’s JWST has observed an exoplanet with an atmospheric composition that “defes explanation”, presenting one of the most puzzling discoveries in planetary science to date. The researchers say the fn

Since JWST’s launch four years ago, some mind-blowing observations have been made by this internationally operated, state-of-the-art, space-based super-telescope

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From stargazing as a child to presenting the iconic The Sky At Night , Dame Maggie Aderin, 57, tells us how she beat the odds to become a space scientist, and why life beyond Earth matters to all of us