ESA started working on the first telescope of the network nine years ago, in 2016. It's 3.3 feet (1 meter) in diameter and comes with a 45 square degrees field of view, with each square degree ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...

"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

The NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, providing the most detailed images and ...

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at cancer-killing fungi, robots that perform surgery on your eyeballs, ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made a groundbreaking discovery in the YSES-1 system, 300 light-years away. It revealed gas giants, YSES-1 b and c, with atmospheres containing 'sand clouds ...

Materials science might seem very technical, but as a scientific discipline, it has led to many shifts in society over the ...

Researchers have identified a new complex molecule in space called cyanocoronene. It is a type of hydrocarbon composed of ...

Astronomers confirm third interstellar object, 3I/Atlas, a fast-moving comet from deep space, giving rare insight into ...

Rare earth metals power modern tech and clean energy, driving global trade shifts and geopolitical tension as new materials ...