Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe the first asteroid belt seen outside of our solar system and unveiled some cosmic surprises along the way. The space observatory focused on ...
Astronomers are tracking interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after JWST and NASA missions detected an extreme CO₂ outburst that ...
NASA installs two solar shields on the Roman telescope at Goddard: they will protect the instruments from heat and light.
The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) captured the star as it reaches the end of its life.
Pulsating stars. Supernova explosions. Streaking asteroids. Far-off galaxies. Humankind recently saw the first stunning images of outer space taken by the world’s largest digital camera – and Florida ...
"Astronomers have wanted to spot a coronal mass ejection on another star for decades. We’ve now managed to do this for the ...
This Halloween, the James Webb Space Telescope has served us up a stunning image of the Red Spider Nebula. It could be a glimpse of our solar system will in the distant future.
Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.
A survey of space shuttle Atlantis' outer body has revealed that four tiles on the right side have "some dings" in them, the flight director said Tuesday. "As we were going through the surveys we did ...