"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a ...

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such ...

James Webb Space Telescope detects extreme nitrogen in galaxy GS 3073, providing evidence of supermassive Population III stars and their role in forming early supermassive black holes.

Hubble Space Telescope data reveal that two large collisions near the star Fomalhaut created dust clouds once mistaken for a planet, helping scientists better understand how planetary systems form ...

For only the second time ever, a collision between two asteroids has been observed around an alien star not too far beyond ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope on the Big Island’s Mauna Kea discovered a massive planet and a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided evidence of 'monster stars' in the early universe, explaining the existence of ...

Fomalhaut lies about 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, aka the Southern Fish, and is one of the ...

Zoom into the James Webb Space Telescope's view of a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud known as NGC 346.

This mash-up of data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals two galaxies mid-collision, with their spiral arms overlapping and bending toward their neighbors' ...

The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.

While these free events do indeed happen each month, the gathering that's set to sparkle Dec. 20 feels a bit special: It's ...