The first deep field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA ...

Mary Gilmore, Staff Writer On Wednesday, Apr. 16, a team of astronomers found evidence of an unexpected atmospheric gas while ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy NGC 2283, which is located about 45 million light-years ...

Thanks to JWST, we've learned key details about methanol — a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life — on ...

An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists.

Relentlessly curious, Sam Crowe will travel to 15 countries between Final Exercises and starting his master’s at Oxford.

The Pentagon faces a critical moment as leadership turmoil, security leaks, and vacancies threaten its readiness amid global ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated an exoplanet that’s super cool — literally. The huge planet, which is six times the mass of Jupiter, is the coldest exoplanet ever detected, with an ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.

In the summer of 1995, Robert Williams, then director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which manages the Hubble ...

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...