Astronomers using NASA’s state-of-the-art James Webb Space Telescope have made a groundbreaking discovery of GJ 1214 b, a planet unlike any we've seen before.

NASA released full color James Webb Space Telescope images of the Carina Nebula, exoplanet WASP-96 b, Southern Ring Nebula, Stephan’s Quintet and SMACS 0723. Here's a preview of the 5 targets from ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... PDS 70 b and PDS 70 c, are taking shape.

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Spectrograph instrument (NIRSpec) has “confirmed this, but in unexpected ways, and in unprecedented detail,” NASA explained in a ...

Astronomers have identified sulfur as a potentially crucial indicator in narrowing the search for life on other planets.

Scientists will now use the James Webb Space Telescope – jointly operated by Nasa and the European and Canadian space agencies – to examine the rock with the hope of better understanding its ...

The very first exoplanet found—51 Pegasi b, discovered in 1995—was itself ... beginning with the James Webb Space Telescope, which NASA hopes to launch in 2021. On her “vision table ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, ...