Might the next Earth-like world be lurking in the brilliance of a nearby red dwarf, biding its time for the appropriate technology to uncover it? The James Webb Space Telescope has issued a resounding ...

Supernovae like these are very luminous and referred to as "standard candles" in astronomy. As fixed points, they are used to ...

Remarkably, in all cases the subject’s hearing improved, with effects taking hold within a month and an average improvement ...

Is the quest for habitable planets set to be revolutionized by a planet in plain sight a planet that was invisible until today, due to the glare of its host star? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ...

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

New images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show young stars forming within a "toe bean" on the Cat's Paw Nebula.

Here's everything to know about the James Webb Space Telescope, and what it captured on its three-year anniversary observing the cosmos. To mark Webb's third year of operations, NASA shared an image ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...

This stunning 527-megapixel composite reveals both visible and infrared views of young stars, ionized gas, and dust filaments ...