The exoplanet, discovered in 2009, remained elusive due to dense clouds. Now, scientists have peered through with the James ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

The most powerful telescope in history. The James Webb Space Telescope's "jewel-filled" photos are stunning.

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans ...

Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals unprecedented details of it.

Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this celestial spectacle, known as Herbig Haro 30 or HH 30, highlights a ...

Brightest Pulsar: Astronomers using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, (NuSTAR), have discovered the brightest pulsar – a dense stellar remnant left over from a supernova explosion ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Westerlund 2 cluster marks Hubble's 25th year in orbit, celebrating 25 years of discoveries, stunning images, and groundbreaking science. The Hubble ...

And, because it works with infrared light, SPHEREx is meant to reveal things even the trailblazing James Webb Space Telescope cannot. "Taking a snapshot with JWST is like taking a picture of a person, ...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two galaxies interacting due to gravity: NGC 5996 (the large spiral galaxy ...