It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

You can make the case that none of them are in true color. But then again, if they were, they’d be unable to reveal the true ...

Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

For years, astronomers have sought a way to directly observe the atmospheres of exoplanets, worlds orbiting distant stars.

The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for "failed stars" to better understand how brown ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

The Flame Nebula, located 1,400 light-years from Earth, is a region where many stars are forming and is less than a million ...