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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Trump's proposed NASA budget would cancel NASA's follow-up to its James Webb Space Telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space ...

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

The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...