Astronomers have for the first time spotted multiple complex organic molecules—the raw ingredients of life—locked in ice ...

The study revealed that TOI-2267 has two closely bound stars orbiting each other, and the third planet transits the companion ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed look at a carbon-rich disk surrounding the exoplanet CT Cha ...

In March 2024, the researchers pointed the JWST at a developing star, dubbed ST6, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Such a stunning sight is only temporary—on the broader cosmic scale, that is, surviving for merely tens of thousands of years ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around ...

This new James Webb Space Telescope image features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537–the Red Spider Nebula. Using its ...

This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537—the Red ...

While scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling ...

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An international team of astronomers have employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a nearby M-dwarf star ...

As 3I/ATLAS approached the inner solar system in September, the Nordic Optical Telescope in Spain's Canary Islands recorded a ...