"This is a crucial step towards characterizing giant planets beyond our solar system." ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured views of the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud with its NIRCam and MIRI instruments. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Ginsburg ...

The planet's lopsided magnetic field is twisting the light shows.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated 70 dusty galaxies at the very edge of the universe that challenge our understanding of cosmic evolution.

Woven through the universe are forces, often unseen, that dictate its grand design. For example, at the very heart of nearly ...

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and an ice giant known for its striking blue-green color, caused by methane in its atmosphere. It rotates on its side with a 98-degree tilt, creating extreme ...

"This data provides us with rare insight into how galaxies were transformed in the early universe." ...

Observations of a distant quasar reveal that supermassive black holes may suppress star formation across intergalactic distances.

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

Astronomers have found growing evidence that runaway black holes are hurtling through galaxies at extreme speeds, leaving ...

HOUSTON, TX -A seven-year-old girl in Lucknow stood in her backyard at dawn in October 1957, watching Sputnik streak across the sky. Nearly seven decades later, that child would help steer some of ...