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

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

When you think of telescopes in space, you probably think of the Hubble Space Telescope and its younger, larger sibling, the ...

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

James Webb Space Telescope imagery of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula and exoplanet WASP-96 b atmospheric data has ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirmed Earendel, the most distant star, shining just one billion years after the Big ...

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

A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), its beautiful images highlighting the intensity ...

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

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

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 ...