Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 ...

On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space ...

Two Sydney PhD students have pulled off a remarkable space science feat from Earth—using AI-driven software to correct image ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) captured imagery of a pair of stars called Wolf-Rayet 140.

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified an original star that caused a supernova for the first time. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Charles Kilpatrick / Aswin Suresh Astronomers say they've ...

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the one orbiting Earth could potentially form. Using data from NASA’s James ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery spheres, ...

NASA's powerful James Webb Space telescope has revealed a colorful spread of stars and cosmic dust in the Milky Way's most active star-forming region. The telescope was studying Sagittarius B2, a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured the most massive star-forming cloud in the Milky Way's galactic central region. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Adam Ginsburg / Nazar Budaiev / Taehwa Yoo / ...

The team of astronomers behind the find suggested it could help us better understand planet and moon formation in our solar system and beyond the Milky Way. The team was able to make the first-ever ...