This telescope has revealed the whipped-up dust from the birth of a star—and a shining background galaxy—more clearly than ...

Astronomers searching for some of the universe’s first galaxies have uncovered a surprising case of mistaken identity.

An impossibly bright galaxy is forcing scientists to rewrite the rules of the Big Bang’s aftermath. Here’s what you’ll learn ...

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a dozen dormant (or affectionately called “sleeping beauty”) galaxies, ancient ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed a young brown dwarf known as Cha Hα 1. As a result, ...

What if the universe’s most mysterious monsters aren’t born in darkness, but in the bright turbulence of colliding galaxies?

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has captured stunning views of Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797) ...

In some of its most ambitious work yet, the James Webb Space Telescope looked to spot a planet in a potentially habitable ...

It would orbit within Alpha Centauri A’s habitable zone, the starlight-bathed region where liquid water can persist on a ...

The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's investigations of the planetary nebula NGC 6072 suggest a second star played a hand in ...