Credit: Amanda Smith, Nikku Madhusudhan Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by ...

The strange sight is actually two galaxies, with the light of the second warped around the one at the front as a result of ...

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4, which will make a perilously close approach ...

That "city-killer" asteroid may no longer be projected to strike Earth in the near future, but scientists are still keeping ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a giant galaxy that shouldn't exist. Using this exceptionally powerful telescope, a team of researchers were able to peer back in time and observe this ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space for $10 billion. A month later, it reached its goal in solar orbit at a ...

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope uncovered a new milestone in exoplanet research by capturing images of exoplanets containing carbon dioxide in their atmospheres. This discovery, within the HR ...

Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed images of asteroid 2024 YR4, providing new insights into its size, surface material, and heat patterns. Initially considered a ...

Studies of this body have revealed more details about its possible composition, thanks to the decomposition of light by the James Webb telescope into different wavelengths, which has made it ...