NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in 160,000 years, as it lit up the night skies across the globe.
"The question 'Are we alone?' is one of the most significant questions, not just in the history of science, but in the ...
The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.
Proposed budget reductions for the Hubble Space Telescope would impact research and outreach as well as increase the risk to the observatory.
Dr Shyam Balaji, researcher in astroparticle physics and cosmology at King’s College London, has shared some tips on how to ...
Two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 collide, forming carbon-rich dust. Webb captured 17 expanding dust shells, revealing ...
The shockwave Webb studied emerged from Cassiopeia A, now a neutron star, about 11,000 light-years from Earth. After the ...
The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...
Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace ...