The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has captured stunning views of Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797) ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559. It is about 35 million light ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of black holes consuming stars in dusty galaxies. These black holes were ...

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which operates Webb, recently released an image of a planetary nebula known as NGC 6072. The nebula is located roughly 3,300 light-years from Earth, in ...

The county's notable natives, residents and frequent visitors include Founding Fathers, folk icons, sports greats and a Nobel Prize winner.

NASA had just unveiled a time-lapse of space. To create the video, the agency used one of the most powerful telescopes in ...

Crystal clouds on a distant world may shimmer like sun dogs, hinting at exotic optics shaped by heat, wind, and starlight.

Giant, ridge-like structures of methane ice, known as "bladed terrain," may be much more abundant along Pluto's equator than previously realized, a new study suggests.

Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing ...

Scientists at Cornell University have discovered that conditions in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet, WASP-17b, could ...