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This is a James Webb Space Telescope image of NGC 604, a star-forming region about 2.7 million light-years from Earth. NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

June 30, 2025

How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?

Adi Foord, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The James Webb Space Telescope has 2 powerful instruments that see light the human eye can’t.

Des milliers de galaxies, contenant chacune des milliards d'étoiles, sont représentées sur cette photo prise en 2022 par le télescope spatial James Webb. NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

April 9, 2024

Est‑ce que l’on pourrait observer le Big Bang avec un télescope encore plus puissant que le James Webb ?

Adi Foord, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Le télescope spatial James Webb, qui est dans l’espace depuis plus de deux ans, est un instrument étonnamment sophistiqué.

Thousands of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, are in this 2022 photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

April 8, 2024

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

Adi Foord, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Now out in space for more than two years, the James Webb Space Telescope is a stunningly sophisticated instrument.

If traveling into the past is possible, one way to do it might be sending people through tunnels in space. by raggio5 via Pixabay

November 13, 2023

Is time travel even possible? An astrophysicist explains the science behind the science fiction

Adi Foord, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Scientists are trying to figure out if time travel is even theoretically possible. If it is, it looks like it would take a whole lot more knowledge and resources than humans have now to do it.

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