Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our ...

"This tells us that the magnetized plasma swirling near the event horizon is far from static; it's dynamic and complex, ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

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

The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan in November 2022. Credit: ...

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of merging galaxies II ZW 96. The merger is located 500 million light ...

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

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery spheres, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region.

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve ...