The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud. It harbors the "deepest, ...

In December 2024, an asteroid was discovered that, according to estimates made at the time, had a probability of ...

The Very Large Telescope in Chile has found, for the first time, an infant planet nestled in spiral arms of dust around a ...

Astronomer Robert Kirshner investigates some of the universe’s biggest questions: What happens when a star explodes? Is the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's look at the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. The image showcase a "small star-forming region" ...

Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it ...

NASA announced Dr. Makenzie Lystrup, director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is set to leave the agency on Aug. 1.

Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the peculiar star system Apep consists of two dying stars ...

Astronomers have used NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to uncover black holes secretly devouring stars in ...

The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we'd been awaiting for ...

New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b. They also raise questions ...

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has observed several tidal disruption events — when a black hole draws in ...