At a frigid -125 degrees Fahrenheit (-87 degrees Celsius), WD 1856+534 b is the coldest planet ever directly observed, ...

Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.

This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy NGC 2283, which is located about 45 million light-years ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive ...

The Phantom Galaxy (M74) has been imaged in infrared and optical light using the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space ...

NASA's Galaxy Zoo project invites volunteers to classify James Webb Space Telescope images, aiding scientists in ...

The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

One of the most famous and beautiful cosmic sights shows its colors in this new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The Veil Nebula is the remnant of a massive star which exploded in a supernova 10 ...

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

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...