Indeed, the planetary nebula seen above, known as the Red Spider Nebula and imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...

As best the origins of Earth are understood, we're all just a bunch of stardust, and new observations from the JWST lend credence to that theory.

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed NGC 6537, the Red Spider Nebula in unprecedented detail, ...

"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary ...

For most of its journey 3I/ATLAS has been frozen solid, but the warming rays of our Sun are enough to unfreeze some of its gases such as carbon dioxide, generating a faint cometary tail. For a period ...

Researchers are studying eccentric warm Jupiters, giant exoplanets that follow odd, elongated orbits unlike anything in our solar system.

Astrophotographer David Joyce, based in Kentucky, offers us a spectacular window into the cosmic remains of a giant star that ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

In November 1572, a brilliant new star appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia, shining so brightly that it was visible during the day. Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe carefully documented this ...

The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chance to see Mercury without a telescope and a ...

The Universe still holds many surprises, as demonstrated by this exceptional observation of a dying star devouring the ...