Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers may have cracked this puzzle, finding the first evidence of a ...

"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...

The telescope may operate for 20 years, and it's off to a good start. Let's take a look at the best of Webb so far. Here, in no particular order, are 35 of the best Webb images we've seen to date. 1.

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

A new survey of distant galaxies undertaken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing new secrets of the "cosmic noon"—when galaxies in the young universe underwent something of an awkward ...

The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright ...

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

The researchers found strong evidence of a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet’s atmosphere. On Earth, DMS ...

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows thousands of glittering galaxies that it spied by peering through ...

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge ...