This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

A study suggesting the exoplanet K2-18b shows potential signs of alien life has been met with skepticism from the scientific ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch ... This image shows the supernova remnant 6,500 light-years away in incredible detail. The red-orange sections indicate the presence of ionized ...

Lingering Brightness Provides Evidence for How the Planet Met Its Demise Each year, scientists from around the world compete ...

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...

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

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has indeed captured a stunning image of two interacting galaxies, NGC 2936 and NGC 2937, resembling a penguin and an egg. WR 124 is a rare and luminous Wolf-Rayet star, ...

the effective cancellation of NASA's follow-up to its groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. For years, scientists have been hard at work on the ...

Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers may have cracked this puzzle, finding the first evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of M83, also known as NGC 5236 ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected molecules in K2-18b's atmosphere that are associated with life on Earth. Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in England announced ...