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Last month, I interviewed Amber Straughn, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center who studies the evolution of galaxies. She's part of the team working on what will essentially be the most powerful telescope ever built: the James Webb...

It's hard to put into words just how striking this new observation of the Orion Nebula is -- but it's not only its striking beauty that has captivated astronomers. Using the HAWK-I infrared instrument on the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) located...

Artist’s concept of the WFIRST spacecraft. Credit: NASA NASA has formally approved plans — a year ahead of schedule — for an infrared space telescope launching around 2024 to record unique wide-angle views of the cosmos, seeking answers to questions...

WFIRST, the 2.4-metre aperture Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, is shown here in an artist’s rendering. It will carry a Wide Field Instrument to provide astronomers with Hubble-quality images covering large swaths of the sky, and enabling several...

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of February 17, 2017 eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Christina Thomas, and Maria Patterson This week's issues: 1. Career Profile: Astronomer/Planetary Scientist...