It was put on Webb to diagnose and measure any blur in its images. Even nanometres of distortion in Webb’s 18 hexagonal ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Just after midnight, the moon will light up the east-northeastern horizon, cozying up right next to Jupiter. Here's how and ...

EU researchers are developing powerful new telescopes to help uncover Earth-like planets around distant stars and advance the search for extraterrestrial life.

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

A new discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope has given scientists fresh insight into Venus and its potential to host life ...

A comet discovered earlier this year, now just bright enough to be visible to the naked eye, is poised to be among the top ...

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The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

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