One of the most famous and beautiful cosmic sights shows its colors in this new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a massive star which exploded in a supernova 10 ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly detected the faint glow of a planet that’s colder than any ...

In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...

Astronomers have just revealed the largest collection of galaxy groups ever observed—thanks to the powerful eyes of the James ...

The classification could help scientists answer questions about how the shapes of galaxies have changed over time, what ...

The patch of the sky scanned by the Webb Telescope containing thousands of these galaxies is called the COSMOS-Web field.

Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the ...

The announcement, on Holy Thursday, of the discovery of the strongest evidence to date of activity produced by living beings outside the Solar System caused as much anticipation as controversy. The ...

An undated image from NASAs Webb Space Telescope shows an outflow from a nearby still-forming star in infrared light, with a spiral galaxy off in the distance. (NASA via AP) Webb Space Telescope ...

By Dave Prosper Astronomers have been trying to discover evidence that worlds exist around stars other than our Sun since the ...