The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved a groundbreaking feat by directly observing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ...

An accidental discovery by a team of astronomers has upended existing theories about how galaxies formed in the early ...

Though tiny, this newfound satellite galaxy around M31 offers big lessons — and questions — about how galaxies evolve.

A recent study using the James Webb Space Telescope has promoted the theory long held by certain astrophysicists that we live ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captures the first direct images of carbon dioxide in a distant planetary system, HR 8799, ...

A disk galaxy, like our Milky Way, is a flat, rotating system with spiral arms spreading out from a central core. These ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive spiral disk galaxy, much larger than expected, in the early universe.

Discover how the James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning images of gas giants in the HR 8799 system, revealing carbon ...

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

CU Boulder researchers found massive, dust-filled galaxies called UFOs using JWST, challenging previous galaxy formation theories. A new study led by astrophysicists from the Boulder aims to uncover t ...

Astronomers have uncovered a colossal disk galaxy in the early universe, a structure so large and well-formed that it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is a collaborative effort between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope, which orbits around the Earth, Webb ...