This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

NASA has updated its estimates for asteroid 2024 YR4, initially thought to hit Earth. The risk of an Earth impact in 2032 has ...

For now, researchers think the light might be coming from the first stars to exist, or outflows from a supermassive black ...

To do that, humans have built some of the most spectacular astronomical observatories around the world, capable of peering into the vast void of space and capturing images that astound. The James Webb ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

The first galaxies in the Universe were born enshrouded in a “foggy” gas, and could not be seen clearly until they had ...

In the center of the Einstein ring is a lensing galaxy called an elliptical galaxy, which is smooth and shaped like an oval.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

Four renowned individuals with contributions to science, technology, the arts, and design will receive honorary degrees from ...

Four renowned individuals with contributions to science, technology, the arts, and design will receive honorary degrees from ...

GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of the era of cosmic reionization at 330 million years after the Big Bang.