The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera captured an "array of stars that make up the dwarf galaxy Wolf–Lundmark ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a peculiar merger of two similar ring galaxies that ...

Travel to James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instrument views of protostar L1527. The protostar is about 100,000 years old. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Paul Morris: Lead ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of one of the coldest and oldest known ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

Astronomers studying rare star-forming galaxies reveal how the chaotic past of the universe may mirror the future of the ...

JWST confirms Pluto’s haze cools its mesosphere and drives methane escape, coating Charon’s poles red. The haze absorbs UV light, heats the upper atmosphere, and re-radiates heat as infrared.

Inflation and budget issues are threatening to hobble NASA’s most in-demand telescopes.

Fresh James Webb Space Telescope images capture two young exoplanets in, providing new details about exoplanet atmospheres and formation.

Astronomers have captured silicate clouds and a mysterious disk around two giant young exoplanets, revealing surprises that ...

In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This ...

Dusty clouds made of sand—that may rain iron—blanket a giant planet orbiting a young, sun-like star just 310 light-years from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. The discovery was made ...