James Webb Space Telescope imagery of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula and exoplanet WASP-96 b atmospheric data has ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the clearest image yet of a galaxy cluster in the making, seen when the universe was only one billion years old.

For 15 years, one nearby exoplanet refused to reveal its secrets, its spectrum stubbornly flat, its atmosphere unreadable.

Astronomers using two of NASA’s most powerful space telescopes have discovered a massive cluster of galaxies forming much earlier in the universe than scientists thought possible. The finding suggests ...

The atmospheres of exoplanets have been a focal point of the field lately, with the James Webb Space Telescope taking a look at as many as it can manage. But time on the world's most powerful space ...

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

The telescope primarily detects light in the infrared in order to observe sources such as the first galaxies and protostars.

JWST and ESA’s Ariel mission plan coordinated exoplanet observations starting in 2030, combining high-resolution targeting and large-scale surveys to expand atmospheric data collection.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the first-ever spectral signature of hydrogen sulfide around a massive gas giant planet.

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...