Researchers have developed a new coronagraph—an optical device that blocks out light from a bright source—that could make it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit is set to return from his fourth trip to space on Saturday night. Here are some of his ...

Ed White remarked that returning to the spacecraft after his EVA was the saddest moment of his life. An iconic shot of Ed ...

How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...

Rings of a dying star are revealed in the nebula NGC 1514. The Webb Telescope reveals a chaotic scene long hidden from view.

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

Our sun, like all stars, is made mostly of hydrogen and helium. They are by far the most abundant elements, formed in the ...

An iconic shot of Ed White during his historic first US spacewalk over New Mexico and southern California, June 3-7, 1965. The following is a transcript of the conversation between astronauts while ...