Recent astronomical discoveries have captivated the world with the revelation of a planet composed entirely of diamonds. This ...

The Hubble Telescope turned its gaze closer to home and revealed details no one expected. From swirling storms to icy rings, the planets looked transformed. What seemed familiar suddenly became ...

Webb’s powerful vision uncovered sparkling crystals, fiery jets, and complex molecules inside the Butterfly Nebula, offering ...

Recent James Webb Telescope findings reveal insights into the Butterfly Nebula that may explain how rocky planets form from cosmic dust.

For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided a fantastic new view of IRAS 04302+2247, a planet-forming disk located about 525 light-years away in ...

Plus, catch Saturn and Neptune at their brightest; spy the "string of pearls" galaxy; and a close encounter of the moon and ...

New data on baryon acoustic oscillations strengthen the case for a local cosmic void. The finding offers a possible solution to the Hubble tension. When we look at the night sky, it can appear as ...

James Webb has revealed that the Butterfly Nebula hides a complex mix of gemstone-like crystals, fiery dust, and unexpected carbon molecules. The discovery may rewrite how we understand the chemistry ...

A team of astronomers at the University of Arizona played an integral role in uncovering a baby planet with a pretty cute ...

Most cosmic dust exhibits random atomic structures, and appears like soot. Thanks to NGC 6302’s extreme stellar energy, the ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is captured in this image by the Gemini North telescope. The incredible sensitivity of Gemini North's ...

Two more of NASA's space telescopes got another look at comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar interloper that captured the world's ...