In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space ...

Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for alien life more than any machine ...

Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles.

Named 3I/ATLAS, the comet is only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system, and it's the largest and ...

JWST and Hubble uncover JWST’s Quintet, a rare five-galaxy merger from the early universe, forming stars at a rapid rate.

The James Webb Space Telescope discovered an exceptionally rare five-galaxy merger system 800 million years after the Big ...

Near-infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed five early universe galaxies merging within a large halo.

When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just unveiled a new image of the Butterfly Nebula, and it isn’t just beautiful—it ...

Asteroid 2025 QV5, which was first spotted in late August, will make a close approach to Earth on Wednesday (Sept. 3). It ...