This interstellar vagabond is only the third large interstellar visitor that we have ever discovered — an asteroid or comet ...

"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.

Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.

In the spirit of the season, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is changing color as it leaves the sun behind — shifting from a ...

The world's most expensive infrared spectrometer - the James Webb Space Telescope - is unearthing extraordinary exoplanet ...

Learn to decode James Webb photos with this JWST image guide, offering clear space image explanation and beginner-friendly insights into stunning infrared telescope images.

New simulations suggest Uranus and Neptune may contain far more rock than ice, offering fresh explanations for their unusual ...

The best JWST images reveal galaxies, nebulae, and cosmic structures in stunning infrared clarity. These James Webb photos ...

Researchers employing the James Webb Space Telescope and Canada's NIRISS instrument have observed exoplanet WASP-121b getting ...

A new study published in Nature Communications has revealed an unprecedented discovery about the exoplanet WASP-121 b, ...