Light from Alpha Centauri, which is the nearest star system ... He is also the Science Calibration lead for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Coronagraph Instrument, which will directly ...

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a feeding black hole in the early universe that seems to be eating 40 times faster than is theoretically possible.

The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have peeked over the Milky Way's back ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a powerful tool for exploring space, launched in December 2021. It can see faraway objects using infrared light. One important part of the telescope is the ...

From the colourful Lagoon Nebula, to the mesmerizing Butterfly nebula, check out these 7 amazing images of nebulae captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, methane and carbon monoxide on exoplanet VHS 1256 b. The exoplanet is more ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been an astonishing piece of technology for the advancement of humankind's understanding of the universe, and the source of awe-inspiring images of ...

This new Webb image shows two galaxies: a Penguin (NGC 2936) guarding an Egg (NGC 2937). Webb’s observations reveal the two are in a cosmic hug, joined together by a blue haze of stars and gas.