The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered ...

The existence of alien life on planet K2-18b, located 124 light years away, is under scrutiny following recent claims of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope imaged the core of star cluster IC 348, where astronomers discovered three free-floating brown ...

Recent studies challenge claims of potential alien biosignatures discovered on the exoplanet K2-18b, raising important ...

JWST has detected the earliest galaxies in the universe, but some look “more mature” than expected. Is it time to rethink how ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The galaxy is about 37 million light years away in the Columbia constellation.

The James Webb Space Telescope yielded the largest galaxy group sample ever observed after scanning a patch of sky known as ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like ...

In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they’d found a molecule in a faraway planet’s atmosphere that could signal life there.

The project cancellation comes after NASA has already invested 15 years and $3.4 billion in the telescope, which is 90% complete.

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...