NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the earliest evidence of light shining through the cosmos. But the fact that this telescope can see it has baffled researchers.

In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — ...

The rare cosmic phenomenon, called an Einstein ring, occurs when massive objects can bend light due to their gravitational ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently turned its watchful eye toward asteroid 2024 YR4, which we now know poses no ...

YR4 asteroid has a near-zero chance of striking Earth, but a slim chance of hitting the moon, new research says.

Webb Telescope captures an Einstein ring in the Hydrus constellation Light bends around a massive galaxy, forming a glowing ring Gravitational lensing helps study distant galaxies and dark matter ...

Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by ...

A long-simmering disagreement over the universe’s present-day expansion rate shows no signs of resolution, leaving experts ...

Just about everyone has heard of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — not too surprising considering that it has been with us for ...

The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of ...