"This discovery was partly serendipity! But, we believe there are many more such opportunities hidden in Hubble data." ...

Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it ...

Explore how NASA's James Webb Space Telescope unveiled new secrets of the Planetary Nebula NGC 6072. Discover the latest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is set to take the reins from the Hubble Telescope, pushing the boundaries of space ...

Showing that you shouldn't draw conclusions based on too few facts, new NASA research suggests that a decades-old view of ...

Einstein's theory posits that mass distorts space. This distortion can bend light from distant objects. Astronomers use this ...

Complex organic molecules that could be the precursors to the building blocks of life as we know it have been discovered in a disk of gas and dust swirling around an infant star.

Scientists are turning to simulations and experiments to understand how life-indicating molecules behave, so we might know ...

A large sub-Neptune-sized planet revolving around a red dwarf star 124 light years away has been the topic of debate among ...

NASA is preparing 1st crewed mission to lunar surface in half decade via Artemis program as it continues surveying Mars, ...

The universe is full of mysteries, but not all of them are pleasant. Delve into 20 disturbing and shocking facts about the ...

Astronomer Robert Kirshner investigates some of the universe’s biggest questions: What happens when a star explodes? Is the ...