An international team of scientists has used the James Webb Space Telescope's incredible imaging instruments to detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time. The compound, known as methyl cation (CH3+), is a vital molecule for more complex carbon-based molecules.
"Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form?" NASA writes. The James Webb Space Telescope hasn't been in space long, but it's already delivering critical insights into this monumental question.
A terrestrial telescope has captured an incredible image of a young star shooting out matter like a water sprinkler 1,350 light-years from Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope has achieved another milestone by capturing an image of the first asteroid belt ever seen outside the Solar System.
NASA has released a guide to the night sky for May with the main opportunities for astrophotographers coming from planets rising in proximity to the Moon.
The Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) was recently carried about 20.5 miles (32.9 kilometers) above Earth's surface on a massive NASA helium balloon, capturing the balloon-based telescope's first research images.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST or Roman) will feature two primary instruments, a 300.8-megapixel infrared Wide Field Instrument (WFI) and a Coronagraph designed for studying faint objects, when it launches in 2027. The NASA Goddard team recently installed a vital subsystem for the space telescope's Wide Field Instrument.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning "smash-up" of two spiral galaxies. Collectively called Arp 220, the collision of the pair of galaxies has facilitated massive star formation.
Since NASA shared the first five images from the James Webb Space Telescope last July, astronomers have been busy using the telescope to study the cosmos and uncover new information about the origins of the universe. Scott Pelley took a closer look at Webb and its images in the most recent episode of "60 Minutes."
While vital to humanity's existence on Earth, the planet's atmosphere is a major nuisance for astronomers trying to learn more about what's beyond Earth. The cosmos would be much easier to study without the pesky atmosphere. Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago and Tsinghua University in Beijing have unveiled a new artificial intelligence-powered approach to cleaning up images captured by ground-based telescopes.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a gorgeous photo of the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus. Not only that, but the rings around the ice giant are clearly visible for only the third time.
Astronomers used NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the International Gemini Observatory to discover a distant, lonely galaxy that has assimilated its former nearby galaxies, essentially having cannibalized its neighbors.
One of the first images the James Webb Space Telescope ever captured was only possible thanks to a gravitational lens. Its latest is another example of this phenomenon, this time featuring a galaxy called the Cosmic Seahorse.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured what is known as a Wolf-Rayet star, the brief phase that comes just before it goes supernova. Due to how short the time is that a star is in this phase, it is one of the rarest astronomical observations.
Husband and wife photographer team Antoine and Dalia Grelin spent 81 hours capturing a photo of NGC 2264, a large and colorful nebula 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros, not far from the famous Orion Nebula.
Following the success of the "Ultimate Space Telescope" documentary, PBS's science series NOVA has released a second film titled "New Eye on the Universe" that aims to provide a better understanding of how James Webb is deepening the understanding of the universe.
Scientists have been given an unprecedented glimpse into the early stages of the universe thanks to new images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
December 7 marked the 50-year anniversary of the Blue Marble photograph. The crew of NASA’s Apollo 17 spacecraft – the last manned mission to the Moon – took a photograph of Earth and changed the way we visualized our planet forever.
Scientists have fused captures of the Pillars of Creation taken by the near-infrared and mid-infrared instruments on board the James Webb Space Telescope to show the star-forming region of space like never before.
A mechanical issue that took the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) offline on August 24 has been resolved and the camera has resumed full operation.
It's not just Hubble that's getting into the Halloween spirit. The James Webb Space Telescope team has released a new mid-infrared photo of the Pillars of Creation, a view that "strikes a chilling tone."
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) has captured a massive and stunningly detailed photo of the Pillars of Creation, a celestial region that gives birth to new stars.
NASA's planetary defense Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) concluded earlier this week and the first photos taken by a small “mini photographer” spacecraft called the LICIACube have been published.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a photo of Neptune that displays the clearest view of the planet's rings in more than 30 years.
NASA has paused the use of one of the modes on the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) due to what it describes as "increased friction" that occurs during its setup phase ahead of new observations.
On September 26, Jupiter will be closer to Earth than it has come in the last 59 years which combines with the gas giant's opposition, which should result in spectacular views.
A team of astronomers used three NASA space telescopes to create a composite image of the remains of a supernova that reveals details about the star's death.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured its first direct image of a planet outside the Solar System. This exoplanet is a gas giant that has six to 12 times the mass of Jupiter and is relatively young: between 15 and 20 million years old.
The James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) has been used to capture a gorgeous and mesmerizing photo of the heart of galaxy M74, also known as the Phantom Galaxy.
Fabian Stelzer recently made an image comparison test between three artificially intelligent (AI) text-to-image generators: DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion.