PARIS: Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant star, offering ...

Hidden in the ‘Infinity Galaxy,’ a black hole floats in space where none should exist, upending old ideas about black hole birth.

A new analysis of exoplanets has shown interstellar contamination from nearby stars could change where to search for ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the “Cosmic Owl,” a rare structure of two colliding ring galaxies.

What lies within a toe bean? According to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, mini toe beans composed of gas, dust, and stars. Since kicking off full science operations in July 2022, the James Webb Spa ...

A young planet named HIP 67522 causes violent eruptions on its star, dramatically accelerating the loss of its own atmosphere ...

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

One of the main objectives of the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, was to measure the size and age of the Universe, ...

Both cameras are far more sensitive than the standard cameras used on Earth. NIRCam and MIRI can detect the tiniest amounts ...

Dan Weedman was a senior official at NASA and the National Science Foundation from 1992-2002, including serving as the head ...

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