In a study published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team of researchers led by Kristen McQuinn, a scientist at the Space ...

In this special Hubble image 23 years in the making, the sparkling spiral galaxy UGC 10043 reveals the secrets of its ...

Surrounded by glowing discs of swirling gas, quasars emit immense light that can be seen across vast cosmic distances.

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb ...

"I never dreamed of Webb seeing them in such large numbers." ...

The cutting-edge observatory is charged with seeing some of the earliest visible light, and the recent image achieves a new ...

Carbon, which is found in the human body, takes an unusual journey after the demise of the the stars that create the element.

The most powerful telescope to be launched into space has made history by detecting a record number of new stars in a distant ...

Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...

The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Hydra. The stars and galaxies ...