Discover the stunning beauty of star clusters in vibrant red hues, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. These ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

When Pagan and DePasquale first receive the images, they appear in black and white. The colors are added to the image later, ...

Zamani (ESA/Webb) From the moment it unfurled its distinctive hexagonal mirrors in early 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope has treated the world to a steady stream of remarkable images.

Learn about the thermal light echo, observed by NASA, that causes intricate layers of interstellar gas and dust to emit an ...

Artist Ashley Zelinskie's new VR work is called "Twin Quasar." Two roads diverge between a pair of quasars, and I'm sorry I can't travel both — actually, wait, I can travel both.

This colorful view of N79 centers on a star-forming molecular cloud complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Carbon-rich cosmic dust comes from different sources and spreads out into space, where it's necessary for life and for the ...

Two JWST MIRI images of the WR 140 system taken 14 months ... which the raw materials for the next generation of stars and planets comes. "A major question in astronomy is, where does all the ...

In yet another historic moment, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever direct image of an exoplanet. The planet in question, known as HIP 65426 b, is between six to 12 times ...

That’s hard to explain for a planet so close to its star. “It’s just so weird and unexpected.” He has requested more JWST observing time to find out more. He and his team have also ...