"It's an elegant answer, really, because we thought it was a tiny galaxy full of many separate cold stars, but it's actually, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.

A massive star on the distant outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy is seen blowing a powerful cosmic blowtorch in a new image ...

On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has been exploring the cosmos for 3 years. See some of the amazing highlights.

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery spheres, ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

See the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's view of Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) to celebrate the observatory's 3rd year ...

Located about 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius, lies a small open star cluster known as Pismis 24.

Finding another Earth is the holy grail of modern astronomy. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is ...

As NASA described it, the stellar jet located on the outskirts of the Milky Way resembles Darth Maul’s double-bladed ...