Discover how the James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning images of gas giants in the HR 8799 system, revealing carbon ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is a collaborative effort between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope, which orbits around the Earth, Webb ...

A disk galaxy, like our Milky Way, is a flat, rotating system with spiral arms spreading out from a central core. These ...

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

For years, astronomers have sought a way to directly observe the atmospheres of exoplanets, worlds orbiting distant stars.

Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive spiral disk galaxy, much larger than expected, in the early universe.

The JWST’s latest images showcase LBN 483, a nebula shaped by dynamic stellar interactions and magnetic fields.

By spotting these strong carbon dioxide features, we have shown there is a sizable fraction of heavier elements, like carbon, ...

New images of the infant universe captured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) are the most precise "baby pictures" to ...

The HR 8799 system, 130 light years from Earth, is only 30 million years old -- just a baby compared to our solar system's 4.6 billion years.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was recently used to capture direct images of four Saturn-like exoplanets in a solar system 130 light-years away.