A new image of the Helix Nebula taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) shows an unprecedented level of detail within the planetary nebula, telling us more about its ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It is 11,000 light-years away in ...
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant exoplanet hiding within one of the most closely ...
A giant planet had been hiding inside one of astronomy’s most closely studied planetary systems, concealed by a bright disk of cosmic dust. Webb revealed Beta Pictoris d through atmospheric traces of ...
A spiral galaxy's brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA's Webb Space Telescope. The image released this week depicts the Messier 77 galaxy 45 million light-years ...
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 ...
Imagine an enormous telescope with a sun shield the size of a tennis court that sends back proof of a lemon-shaped exoplanet raining diamonds. Then, picture a flying object that can hurtle toward the ...
This March 16, 2026, image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the core of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. At 25 million ...