The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The galaxy is about 37 million light years away in the Columbia constellation.

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...

Spend 8 minutes with an image that has changed astronomy forever - the first-ever deep field view of galaxy cluster SMACS ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image of planetary nebula NGC 1514 to date thanks to its unique mid-infrared observations. Webb shows its rings as “fuzzy ...

A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting the sun 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez In death, there can be great beauty. Astronomers ...

Every now and then, the star at the center of a planetary system exhausts its hydrogen supply and collapses into a red giant. As the star's outer layers expand, they encroach on planets' orbits ...

The James Webb Space Telescope observed hot gas forming a ring around the star and an expanding cloud of cooler dust, evidence of the aftermath. Listen to Story The doomed planet is thought to have ...

This illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a ...

Examination of data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a surprising new twist in the narrative of a star believed to have engulfed a planet. According to the space agency, data ...

Pop star Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King are among six women who traveled aboard Blue Origin’s all-female, suborbital space tourism mission. • The company’s New Shepard rocket lifted ...

What’s out there? We don’t know for sure, but the best space exploration games let you discover alien worlds, dodge supermassive black holes, or become an interstellar trucker. Dust off your ...