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Just 41 light years from Earth is an exoplanet so incredibly hot scientists didn’t think it could maintain an atmosphere, but a recent study published in Nature by a national team of scientists suggests 55 Cancri e may be the first rocky exoplanet...

John Mather, Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking observational work on the Big Bang, recently visited The University of New Mexico to share insights on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its early results.  The idea for a new telescope...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allows scientists to peer 13.5 billion years into the past and photograph the origins of the universe. In the short time it has been in space, its images have changed what we know about the birth of stars, how...

John Mather, Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking observational work on the Big Bang, is set to return to the University of New Mexico next week to share insights on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its early results. The event promises an...

A crowd of more than 300 flooded Keller Hall recently to hear 2006 Nobel Prize winner John C. Mather speak on the James Webb Space Telescope and the principles of its operation. If all goes according to plan, said Mather, this uniquely powerful ...