Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive ...

This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...

It's up in the air how much longer the beloved telescope will be with us.

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

The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The ...

The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

A study suggesting the exoplanet K2-18b may contain potential signs of alien life has been met with skepticism from the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...

The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...