Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing ...

A peculiar object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope just 700 million years after the Big Bang could reveal the ...

Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to check if another Earth-sized planet orbits Proxima Centauri, our nearest ...

Astronomers have chased the first stars for decades, squinting at the early universe for any hint of their brief, brilliant ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic fields.

To fix the problem, former University of Sydney Ph.D. students Max Charles and Louis Desdoigts developed a neural network, a ...

For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And ...

A couple months back, astronomers officially confirmed the existence of “Betelbuddy,” Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion ...

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Halloween telescope image reveals bat-shaped stellar nursery where infant stars are born. The cosmic creature spans four full ...