A nearby galaxy is ablaze with new stars in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the atmosphere of a cosmic body that is either a "failed ...

James Webb Space Telescope has delivered stunning views of the "gravitationally distorted realms" of the El Gordo galaxy ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that variations in brightness must be the result of complex weather, ...

Astronomers have discovered nearly 6,000 planets beyond our own solar system. Here's how — and how we'll find even more.

There is a brutal curiosity on the part of human beings to know everything that happens beyond our planetary border, ...

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter ...

"The operations work at STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other NASA contractors is funded by the operational ...

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to monitor a broad spectrum of infrared light emitted over two full rotation periods ...

Editorial written by Bloomberg Opinion Editorial Board. For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described ...

The first stars after the Big Bang were probably huge and short-lived, but Population III has not yet been found. This could ...

Astronomers have long believed that planet-forming disks—clouds of gas and dust around young stars—last only about 10 million ...