Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Travel about 2,500 light-year away in the constellation Vela to see James Webb Space Telescope stunning view of NGC 3132, the Southern Ring Nebula. Footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and the ...

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant ...

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy. The halo, known as an ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

NASA's SPHEREx mission, set to launch in February 2025, will utilize an advanced infrared telescope to map the entire sky in ...

A stunning Valentine's view of a nebula contains hidden depths of starbirth and the violent deaths of massive stars.

Evidence suggests ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, may have had early optical knowledge and devices like ...

After being launched into space, the space telescope SPHEREx will observe the universe for 2 1/2 years from an altitude of ...

For budding astronomers and space experts, telescopes bridge the gap between them and space. To take your love of the planets ...