JWST observations suggest Population III stars may have formed 13 billion years ago, helping trace early galaxies.

In a finding that could change how scientists understand the spread of life's ingredients across space, astronomers have ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a ...

A new space telescope with Irish scientific involvement goes into operation this week on a mission to study how stars behave ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was built with a flaw, and because it's a million miles away, we can't repair it, but we can ...

The parade of supermoons, continues as the year's last supermoon will soon arrive over New York state, and skies everywhere.

The James Webb Space Telescope, a $10 billion project by NASA, faced an unexpected challenge post-launch when its images ...

It’s the grand narrative of how optics transformed human vision and understanding of the universe, showing how a simple desire to read better by candlelight eventually led to humanity peering into the ...

A team led by an astronomer from the University of Maryland has, for the first time, detected large complex organic molecules frozen in ice beyond the Milky Way, providing new insight into the ...

A new study led by space chemist Jordy Bouwman may reveal a missing link in how certain organic molecules form in outer space. They include buckminsterfullerine, sometimes known as the "buckyball," a ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around a star outside our galaxy. This cosmic first hints that the stuff of life ...