Articles by

Lisa Grossman

The Kuiper Belt’s dwarf planet Quaoar hosts an impossible ring

The dwarf planet Quaoar has a ring that is too big for its metaphorical fingers. While all...

New data show how quickly light pollution is obscuring the night sky

The night sky has been brightening faster than researchers realized, thanks to the use of artificial lights...

Enceladus is blanketed in a thick layer of snow

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is shrouded in a thick layer of snow. In some places, the downy stuff...

The James Webb telescope found ‘Green Pea’ galaxies in the early universe

Galaxies that helped transform the early universe may have been small, round and green. Astronomers using the...

The James Webb Space Telescope wasn’t the only big space news in 2022

While the stunning images from the James Webb Space Telescope captured space fans’ attention this year, other...

The James Webb telescope is getting glimpses of small, far-off planets

BALTIMORE — When the James Webb Space Telescope was first dreamed up, exoplanets hadn’t even been discovered...

The first planet found by the Kepler space telescope is doomed

The first planet ever spotted by the Kepler space telescope is falling into its star. Kepler launched...

How the James Webb telescope’s glances back in time are reshaping cosmology

BALTIMORE — The James Webb Space Telescope is living up to its promise as a wayback machine....