The James Webb Telescope's gold mirrors aren’t just for looks—they’re a scientific marvel. Gold reflects up to 99% of ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the study of exoplanets, worlds beyond the solar system.

The galaxy, located in the constellation Leo, is about the same size as a star cluster within the Milky Way and is about the ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope uncovers GJ 1214 b, a super-Venus exoplanet with a carbon dioxide-heavy atmosphere, challenging ...

When Pagan and DePasquale first receive the images, they appear in black and white. The colors are added to the image later, ...

Soon after it came online in 2022, Webb observations revealed a population of tiny red objects dubbed little red dots (LRDs).

From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen using infrared technology, and creating a time lapse of the phenomena.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope, slated for a 2027 launch, will provide insights into dark energy and exoplanets. It will ...

Of all the mysteries that the massive James Webb Space Telescope has seen so far in the early universe, one of the strangest are objects that astronomers now call "little red dots." Like the ...

Life as we know it is based on carbon chemistry, and now the James Webb Space Telescope may have shown where much of that ...