Nature is stingy with its secrets. That's why humans developed the scientific method. Without it, we'd still be ignorant and…
Using spectra obtained by Webb, an international team examined three TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets during a series of flares.
Astronomers using JWST were surprised to find mature-looking galaxies in the early Universe; they challenged existing models of cosmology. Astronomers…
The James Webb Space Telescope is widely considered to be better than the Hubble Space Telescope. But the JWST doesn't…
A new series of simulations from Northwestern shows that those impossibly large galaxies were actually just very, very bright!
As of this month, astronomers have discovered 5,506 exoplanets orbiting other stars. That number is growing daily, and astronomers are…
In 2009, astronomers watched a bizarre mystery unfold. An enormous star, with 25 times the mass of the Sun, faded…
There may come a day when we grow weary of JWST images. But it's not today. Today, we can lose…
Most planets and moons in the Solar System are clearly dead and totally unsuitable for life. Earth is the only…
Ever wondered what our young Sun might have looked like in its infancy some five billion years ago? The audacious…