Relatedly, astronomers may have just pushed the upper size limit of what counts as a planet.

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a new dwarf galaxy, which received designation ...

New research reveals how quiet galactic engines can help shape entire galaxies.

A study led by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, using modeling techniques developed at the University of Oxford, ...

Even for astronomers who have gazed upon the same cosmic object over their whole career, new portraits of these celestial bodies from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have the power to delight ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is seeing deeper into the early universe than anything before — and what it’s finding doesn’t ...

Astronomers have found a potential new piece of the ongoing puzzle over “little red dots” (LRDs). It’s a distant smudge in ...

Researchers have found what might be a little red dot transitioning into its final state, where x-rays burst through its gas cocoon. Others argue the object is nothing special ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected intriguing chemical signatures in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet known as K2-18b. Some of these molecules are associated with biological processes on ...

Findings allow scientists to learn more about dark matter’s influence on stars, galaxies, and planets ...