Liftoff is scheduled for Sunday (March 2) at 10:09 p.m. ET. If all goes to plan, two NASA missions called "SPHEREx" and ...

During its short two-year mission, the observatory will help better understand things about the formation of the universe, ...

Astronomers have two main ways to calculate how fast the universe is expanding. Unfortunately, they don't agree with one another. The JWST was supposed to help solve this discrepancy, kn ...

Astronomers have directly observed two exoplanets shedding their outer layers into space for the first time. The observations ...

A rare “ultra-hot Neptune” has revealed startling details, from near-2,000°C surface temperatures to unexpected reflective ...

In world-first observations, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching two distant alien planets "spilling their guts into ...

One year ago, in July 2022, we got first light from the James Webb Space Telescope. After over 20 years of planning and ...

NASA's PUNCH and SPHEREx missions are scheduled to launch no earlier than Friday (Feb. 28). Here's what each is built to do, ...

The weather for Neptune today is sunny, with a chance of reflective clouds. Learn more about the uniquely blazing atmosphere ...

A team of international researchers including Dr. Jake Taylor from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has ...

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appears to have made the first detection of ammonia on an exoplanet (a world orbiting a star other than the Sun). Around 57 light years away and with a ...

A team of international researchers including Dr Jake Taylor from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the exotic atmosphere ...