When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.

A new University of Kansas survey of distant galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen star ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

A newly reprocessed image released by NASA on April 18, 2025, showcases a towering 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in December 2021, has already provided humanity with breathtaking images of ...

Astronomers observe a planet disappearing. Collisions and bright flashes visible from Earth, what could have happened. Here's how a planet ceases to exist.

The fast-moving gas cloud could help explain the so-called missing satellite problem, if the object is what scientists think ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an unprecedentedly sharp image of planetary nebula NGC 1514, revealing ...

Webb witnessed a highly ionised gas whose level of energy was too high to come from something like supernovae, making ...

Rings of a dying star are revealed in the nebula NGC 1514. The Webb Telescope reveals a chaotic scene long hidden from view.

The new JWST observations resolve the pair of rings clearly and also show the clumps and filaments in more detail. Inside the rings is cloud-like material that appears turbulent, while just outside of ...