For the first time, astronomers have read the mineral fingerprint of a rocky planet’s surface from nearly 49 light-years away ...

Every gas giant astronomers have ever studied shares a basic recipe: a thick envelope of hydrogen and helium, with heavier ...

On May 22, "Redshift" transformed a gallery space into an existential experience for an intimate audience. The immersive ...

An artist's illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)) The James Webb Space Telescope ...

A large protocluster of galaxies that existed 12.6 billion years ago, first discovered with the Subaru Telescope, has been ...

Indian scientists have discovered the Loktak Protocluster, a massive ancient galaxy structure formed 12.6 billion years ago ...

New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope include cloudy weather on an exoplanet, and clues to the origins of one of Neptune's moons.

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed fresh details about one of the most luminous known objects in the universe: the dust-shrouded quasar W2246−0526, seen just 1.2 ...

At the centre of M77 is an active galactic nucleus, a compact region filled with hot gas that shines brighter than the rest of the galaxy combined.

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. A team ...

A lack of evening clouds on this world has allowed astronomers to get a good read on the planet's true composition.

Researchers said the findings may also help scientists better understand how planets form around stars.