The James Webb Space Telescope has captured 19 spiral galaxies "face-on" in near- and mid-infrared. The images "show stars, gas, and dust on the smallest scales ever observed beyond our own galaxy," ...

The James Webb Space Telescope offers a glimpse into the universe's past by capturing light from distant galaxies.

Asteroids hiding in the Sun’s glare, some large enough to destroy cities, pose a hidden threat. New infrared telescopes aim ...

Hardegree-Ullman said that while she was completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona in the early 2000s, ...

A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

Scientists recently detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the frozen surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. The researchers conducted the survey using the James Webb ...

Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...

But since NASA's James Webb Space Telescope came online in 2022, astronomers have been surprised to find supermassive black holes inhabiting the early universe - earlier than they had thought ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

A recently published study describes an ancient black hole that eats matter far faster than previously thought possible. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a powerful tool for exploring space, launched in December 2021. It can see faraway objects using infrared light. One important part of the telescope is the ...