Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

Researchers at Kyushu University have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from “fluffy” molecular clouds.

See composite views of the Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy is 500 million light years ...

In a blog post Monday confirming that the telescope would observe the near-Earth asteroid − known as 2024 YR4 − the European Space Agency (ESA) said the telescope will help astronomers more ...

Spilker was not involved in the new study, but has previously observed an Einstein ring using the James Webb Space Telescope that was described in a June 2023 study he coauthored with an ...

Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James ...

captured by European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, an example of an Einstein ring. (European Space Agency via AP) ...

Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy With Nine Rings Feb. 4, 2025 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine ...