Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have dramatically reshaped our understanding of a planet’s ...

Observations of exoplanets typically provide astronomers little more than an orbit, a mass and a radius. If the radius and ...

At a frigid -125 degrees Fahrenheit (-87 degrees Celsius), WD 1856+534 b is the coldest planet ever directly observed, ...

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

The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

Since it was launched and started operations in 2022, the James Webb Space ... the telescope picked up indications of carbon dioxide on Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter that has a subsurface ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer back in time over 10 billion years, observing an early era in cosmic history. In doing so, the team from the University of ...

Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers may have cracked this puzzle, finding the first evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of M83, also known as NGC 5236 ...

Hubble’s 35-year journey showcases humanity’s boldest space achievements, capturing everything from new stars forming to ...