Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., will join host Scott Simon today on NPR's "Weekend Edition" to discuss the five-year anniversary of the war in Iraq. Webb, a former secretary of the Navy, has contended ...

For space fans, June has something extra to enjoy, as NASA recently released “Cosmic Dawn,” a new “intimate access” ...

"I don't know if the James Webb Space Telescope will ever cover an area of this size again, and so I think it'll be a good reference and a good data set that people will use for many years ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the smallest brown dwarfs ever seen with the potential to form planets and surrounded by mysterious molecules.

New exoplanet image from NASA's Webb suggest freezing temps This image of exoplanet 14 Herculis c was taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera). A star symbol ...

In two related firsts, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered sand-filled rains on a distant exoplanet as its "sandcastle" partner world forms from sandy matter before the eyes of astronomers.

The James Webb Space Telescope provides a clear view of the central white dwarf creating the Ring Nebula in the left image. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Raghvendra Sahai et al.

The Webb Telescope zeroes in on an undiscovered galaxy. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed yet another marvel from deep in outer space.

The map extends through roughly 98% of all cosmic time, or 13.5 billion of the universe's 13.8 billion years. That (and its mind-boggling quantity of galaxies) means Webb's map dwarfs Hubble's ...