Webb has captured the haunting “Exposed Cranium” nebula—an otherworldly cloud shaped by a dying star that looks remarkably like a brain inside a skull.

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, potentially putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe. When you purchase through ...

Zoom into the James Webb Space Telescope's view of a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud known as NGC 346.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured massive galaxy cluster RX J2129. located about 3.2 billion light-years away. A ‘supernova-hosting galaxy’ can be seen three times, at 3 different points in time ...

Space scientist Maggie Aderin talks telescopes, neurodiversity and being underestimated with Rowan Hooper on the New ...

New data indicates Comet 3I/ATLAS is second only to C/2016 R2 in terms of methanol levels ever recorded in a comet within our solar system.

A new three-volume study explores how quantum physics, gravitation and cosmology may be understood within a unified ...

It ain't from around these parts of space.

The latest development marks quite a significant pivot from earlier estimations shared in 2025, when scientists suspected ...

The findings suggest that the gas giant's atmosphere reacts instantly to activity involving its orbiting moons.

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Astronomers studying the rare interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS have discovered that the comet is unusually rich in methanol, a type of alcohol, offering a unique chemical snapshot of how planets may form ...