The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has captured stunning views of Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797). “Herbig-Haro objects are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars ...

The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition in June.

Conflicting distance measurements have added to the uncertainty. One data source places one object at 6,500 light years away, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope, one of NASA’s most advanced space observatories, is at risk due to potential budget cut ...

James Webb’s latest images of the Pillars of Creation reveal stunning details, but astronomers suspect these cosmic towers ...

The Horsehead Nebula is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The stunning image is captured by James Webb Space Telescope. The stunning image of NGC 9524 is captured by Hubble Space ...

Certain extreme planets are called ultra-short period objects if they're very close to their stars and orbit them in mere hours, like K2-22b.

First discovered in 2009, GJ 1214 b is described by the JWT team as being “sub-Neptune-sized” - smaller than the outermost ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...

According to NASA's SPHEREx mission details, the observatory will survey the entire sky using near-infrared light. Its goals include exploring how galaxies evolved, understanding the structure of the ...

On this date, President John F. Kennedy provides NASA with its strongest advocate for large space telescopes, James Webb ...