See amazing imagery of the Carina Nebula as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist Amber Straughn explains. Credit: NASA ...

The NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the Horse-head Nebula. It is the sharpest infrared imagery to date. The iconic nebula is about 1300 light-years away. Credit: ...

NASA's upcoming Pandora mission will complement the James Webb Space Telescope by making it easier to detect water in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets.

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost immediately.

It's probably a matter of temperament how you see the world. Some people look at the last quarter century and see a time of ...

So JWST's version of the famous Pillars of Creation picture, in the Eagle Nebula, reveals many stars inside and around the pillars. JWST carries a 6.5 meter (21 feet) gold-coated beryllium primary ...

The image features a dark region of space found between the Pelican Nebula and the Cygnus Wall, which are both part of the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. This region is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Ring Nebula as captured in visible light by Hubble Space Telescope (left); in radio ...

One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a bygone ... even powerful observatories like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

“The discovery of LRDs is a testament to the power of JWST." Dr. Dale Kocevski, a professor of astronomy and physics at Colby College, announced on Tuesday that he had solved a mystery which ...

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI This image of the "Cosmic Cliffs," a different region in the Eagle Nebula, was captured by the JWST's NIRCam. For a sense of scale, the orange "peaks" are about ...