UCSB Physics Professor Roger Freedman held our attention three years ago as he explained the wonders and understanding that ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.

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ESA/Hubble In a first for astronomers surveying the depths of space, carbon dioxide has been detected on an exoplanet – that is, a planet lying outside our solar system. Thanks to the coronagraph ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent ...

NASA’s James Webb telescope has made the first-known observation of a planet swallowed up by a star, with “surprising” ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula ...

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In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in Earth orbit, NASA is releasing an assortment of compelling images ...