On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it ...

Exoplanets are worlds outside our solar system. Just over three decades ago, the first exoplanets were confirmed by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. Now, with the aid of Nasa spacecraft and ...

New radio astronomy results reveal how galaxies exchange gas with the intergalactic medium – the raw material for stars and ...

In 1925, Edwin Hubble's observation of Cepheid variables in the Andromeda galaxy revolutionized astronomy, proving the ...

Using the world’s largest digital camera, Rubin will capture a full view of the southern sky every three days.

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, ...

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

Supermassive black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early universe challenge traditional formation ...

A Kenosha astronomer has uncovered a piece of astronomy history — a telescope once thought to be lost forever.

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Telescope have discovered an "exhaust vent attached to a “chimney” of hot gas blowing away from the center of the Milky Way galaxy," according to the Chandra team.