Signals from a distant world have pushed the search for alien life out of science fiction and into the realm of testable ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have spotted unusual gases in the air of a planet called K2-18b, which is 124 light-years away. These gases, on Earth, come mostly from living ...

Three years into its cosmic mission, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope continues to dazzle and inspire awe. Since July 2022, the advanced observatory has scoured the cosmos in otherwise invisible ...

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which ...

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After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) James Webb Space Telescope. There had not been such a ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news when it was confirmed to be the 3rd-ever object observed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. Though the object poses no threat to Earth, astronomers ...

Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it actually work? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...