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

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured an amazing view of the planet Uranus, its rings and moons. Webb's ...

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

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

One of the most famous and beautiful cosmic sights shows its colors in this new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a massive star which exploded in a supernova 10 ...

This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

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

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...

NASA's Galaxy Zoo project invites volunteers to classify James Webb Space Telescope images, aiding scientists in ...