Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula ...

The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright ...

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...

This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope, likely means the barred spiral galaxy, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope "opened a new window to the universe" when it launched into space. Now, 35 years later, NASA is ...

The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...

The photo shows two stars in the center, one which shed its layers of dust and gas as it neared the end of its life cycle.

Speaking of galaxies like the Milky Way, that wonderful implement known as the James Webb Space Telescope has found another ...

Scientists detect potential biosignatures on a nearby exoplanet, hinting at possible alien life for the first time.