A new theory explains how dozens of mysterious planet pairs discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, dubbed "JuMBOs," ...

Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks ...

As black holes slowly vanish through Hawking radiation, their information may be preserved in subtle space-time ripples, a ...

Adamo, and the Cosmic Spring collaboration Day 11 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: gazing deeply through time.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young galaxy dating to the early universe - called Firefly Sparkle because ...

These instruments, like the Hubble Space Telescope, reported a value of around 73 km/s/Mpc. The difference between these numbers is known as the Hubble Tension. "The discrepancy between the observed ...

The Geminids, one of the final meteor showers of 2024 to reach its annual peak, will be visible from around the globe.

Wendy Freedman one of Nature’s 10 people who helped shape science in 2024 Wendy Freedman, the University of Chicago John and Marion Sullivan University Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics, was ...

Maiaspace, part of ArianeGroup in Europe, is developing a reusable rocket to challenge SpaceX's dominance, planning a launch by 2026 targeting small satellites. Meanwhile, NASA's James Webb Telescope ...

For decades, astronomers have dismissed them as nuisances — small specks of rock streaking through telescope images, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a spectacular view of the galaxy I Zwicky 18 (I Zw 18). This galaxy, roughly 59 ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made significant discoveries within the Spiderweb protocluster, ...