Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...

Woven through the universe are forces, often unseen, that dictate its grand design. For example, at the very heart of nearly ...

The telescope primarily detects light in the infrared in order to observe sources such as the first galaxies and protostars.

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the clearest image yet of a galaxy cluster in the making, seen when the universe was only one billion years old.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of stellar nursery 30 Doradus, nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed mid-infrared image of the Sombrero galaxy, revealing new features and challenging previous observations of this well-known celestial object.

"There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early universe, which presents compelling questions ...

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models." ...

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, ...

Recent observations suggest that 'runaway' black holes are tumbling through the cosmos. Building on decades of theory, the discovery adds a remarkable new chapter to the story of the universe.

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.