Astronomers might just have peered back to the dawn of starlight-not in a time machine, but through a cosmic magnifying glass ...

NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that an exceptionally rare star duo in the Milky Way has a third companion — ...

The unique system features two rare Wolf-Rayet stars, and a supergiant companion that is interrupting the flow of the dust ...

Thanks for the James Webb Space Telescope image, researchers were able to observe four coiled shells of dust around the pair ...

JWST infrared technology pierces cosmic dust with unmatched clarity, revealing hidden star nurseries and structures no ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

New images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show young stars forming within a "toe bean" on the Cat's Paw Nebula. The Cat's Paw Nebula is named after its resemblance to a feline footprint: ...

A new trick with light has now helped capture the sharpest-ever measurement of a disk around a nearby star, beta Canis ...

The European Space Agency telescope used its infrared instruments to see through dark cloud LDN 1641, in the constellation Orion, around 1300 light-years away from Earth ...

The observations are the earliest yet of a supernova, revealing in detail the moment that the shockwave obliterated the star.

Best telescopes for families with kids or teens interested in astronomy, including a budget-friendly pick and one toy model, ...