Astronomer Robert Kirshner investigates some of the universe’s biggest questions: What happens when a star explodes? Is the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's look at the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. The image showcase a "small star-forming region" ...

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

NASA announced Dr. Makenzie Lystrup, director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is set to leave the agency on Aug. 1.

Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it ...

Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the peculiar star system Apep consists of two dying stars ...

Astronomers have used NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to uncover black holes secretly devouring stars in ...

Stars uncontaminated by heavier elements are thought to have formed very early in the universe, but a galaxy much later in ...

This week, astronomers using the ALMA telescope have made a landmark discovery in the search for the cosmic "seeds of life." ...

The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we'd been awaiting for ...

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has observed several tidal disruption events — when a black hole draws in ...

With its unparalleled resolution, Webb shows never-before-seen structural details and features as massive stars are only just being born.