The age of the Universe is usually presented as a simple number: about 13.8 billion years. It sounds settled, almost tidy.

The images shed light on the galaxy’s past and star clusters that other telescopes couldn’t in what the astronomers are calling a case of “galactic archaeology” ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the star-forming region called W51, revealing "hidden" stars that were invisible to other telescopes. The investigation has resulted in ...

Astronomers found the most distant nuclear disc ever seen, showing galaxies became organized far earlier in the Universe than ...

Astronomers have discovered the secrets of early galaxies that pumped the infant cosmos full of dust, but by studying a much ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new high-resolution map of dark matter, created using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, is offering more clues into ...

NASA has released the most detailed images of the Centaurus A galaxy we've ever seen, captured by the James Webb telescope.

It's always a fun day for the space nerds when a NASA team has new images to share from the James Webb Space Telescope. Today's pair has brains on the brain, with a look at the fittingly named Exposed ...

NASA's Webb telescope discovered a hidden giant exoplanet in the Beta Pictoris system using a new atmospheric detection ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovered Beta Pictoris d, a third giant planet orbiting the young star Beta Pictoris, 63 ...

Credit: ESO / Digitized Sky Survey 2 Astronomers found the missing giant architect of a famous young star system — a world ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This infrared view of Saturn was captured Nov. 29, 2024, by ...