Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate whether the most distant star identified in the universe is, ...

To estimate distances, the team analyzed the objects' brightnesses across multiple wavelengths to infer redshift, age and ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in ...

Alexandra Vidyuk, CEO at Beyond Earth Ventures, explores the breakthroughs that the James Webb telescope can bring to ...

Astronomers searching for some of the universe’s first galaxies have uncovered a surprising case of mistaken identity.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the solar system closest to ...

The Webb telescope has produced breathtaking images of distant galaxies in space. Here is everything you need to know about what the telescope is, what it does, and why it was made.

Marcia Rieke receives funding from NASA. NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. They’ll mark the beginning of the next era in ...

The size of a tennis court and three stories high, the Webb is the largest telescope ever sent into space. The machine's namesake, James Webb, was NASA's second administrator, who served from 1961 ...

On December 25th, NASA is finally set to launch its James Webb Space Telescope mission into space. It’s taken decades to get to this point, and we’ve been covering this mission for years.

NASA’s long-delayed James Webb Space Telescope, a $10 billion marvel of engineering and scientific ambition, is poised to rocket into deep space this week from a launchpad in French Guiana, on ...