Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The newly detected Zhúlóng galaxy shares many similar features with the Milky Way galaxy and has been named after a mythical ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

One of the great mysteries that humanity has been pursuing since time immemorial is whether there is life beyond our planetary frontier. Many people are tirelessly investigating th ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope captured NGC 1514’s glowing rings and dust clumps, revealing oxygen but no carbon clues to a dying star ...