Benjamin Pope receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Big Questions Institute. After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting ...

Two of the solar system 's most famous asteroids, Bennu and Ryugu, may be fragments of a single massive "parent" asteroid that was smashed to pieces billions of years ago, new data from the James Webb ...

Stunning images showing distant parts of the universe - including one of a region situated thousands of light years from Earth - have been captured by a powerful new telescope. The camera at the Vera ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) captures stunning views of barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ...

The City of Wilkes-Barre has closed South Meade and North Meade streets, between Coal Street and East Northampton Street, for roadwork. The streets will be closed to traffic between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The model of the JWST is on display in Washington DC. The US space agency Nasa has unveiled a model of a space telescope that scientists say will be able to see to the farthest reaches of the Universe ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Whenever news of a rare celestial event makes the headlines - ...

Parts of the SKA radio telescope are loaded on a truck in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, on Wednesday, to be transported to Tianjin and then onward to South Africa. [Photo provided to China Daily] The ...

MEADE, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Transportation says bridge repair work will begin on U.S. Highway 54 in Meade County. Crews will begin work on the bridge located about 3 miles west of ...

OPAL — On Monday, work is scheduled to begin on Pine Creek Road over Pine Creek and Whitetail Drive over Beaver Dam Creek in Meade County. The project includes replacement of bridges with box culverts ...

Astronomers are looking forward to opening a new window on the universe by posting high-resolution telescopes on the moon, and in orbit around it. There are numerous proposals to do this from ...