New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, measured the carbon-rich concoction that forms a moon-forming disk of ...

Scientists have long been aware of the massive elliptical galaxy, M87. The galaxy was first observed in the late 18th century ...

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

St. Andrews University physicists who looked at the planet said that the research conjures "two possible explanations." ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just unveiled a new image of the Butterfly Nebula, and it isn’t just beautiful—it ...

The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists took an infrared image of a young star cluster called Pismis 24, a spot within the Lobster Nebula about 5,500 light-years away in the constellation ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.