HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

Astronomers have announced that the James Webb Space Telescope has successfully captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide ... swirling around a young star, similar to how planets in ...

A deep dive into the star-forming Flame Nebula by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed free-floating, Jupiter-size objects that could help answer that key question in astronomy.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a giant galaxy that shouldn't exist. Using this exceptionally powerful telescope, a team of researchers were able to peer back in time and observe this ...

For years, astronomers have sought a way to directly observe the atmospheres of exoplanets, worlds orbiting distant stars.

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captures the first direct images of carbon dioxide in a distant planetary system, HR 8799, ...

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making ...