The James Webb telescope's search for habitable exoplanets is getting a big boost from its new star-watching companion, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured infrared light from a black hole and gave scientists unprecedented insights into the ...

In just a matter of hours, the high bay doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building will open, and NASA plans to roll out its ...

The first human spaceflight to the vicinity of the Moon since December 1972 is set to roll out to Launch Complex 39B at the ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), detecting a supernova—the explosive death of a massive star—at an ...

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, this anniversary marks an important transition.

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors using observations made between May and December 2025. NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope — launched in ...

Astronomers are studying the hundreds of young, brown dwarf stars inside the stellar nursery. Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 ...

In order for NASA to study the mysteries of the universe, the scientists there need to be able to look out into the cosmos. The Hubble Space Telescope did this for a time, giving humanity some ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an astonishing exoplanet that’s stretching our understanding of what’s possible for these distant worlds. And when we say say “stretch, ...

It's been a while since the most advanced and most expensive telescope made to date, the James Webb, brought forth another incredible discovery, but the wait seems to have been worth it: we now have ...

An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Earth isn’t a perfect sphere. The rotation of our planet causes it to bulge ever ...