An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Astronomers analyzing data from an array of telescopes — including the W. M. Keck Observatory atop Mauna Kea on the Big ...

For more than three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has been capturing images we never imagined possible, revealing ...

The year’s most memorable moments from astronomy and space exploration include a double-detonating supernova, a private moon ...

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time, revealing cosmic secrets ...

The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from a launchpad in French Guiana in 2021, before reaching a spot in orbit a ...

Travel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has been helping scientists explore the cosmos for years now, but there are still plenty of ...

Using Georgia State’s CHARA Array, an international team of scientists has uncovered unexpected complexity in how stars explode. Astronomers have obtained images of two stellar explosions, called ...

In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.