Astronomers are uncovering new ways to study the universe’s first stars, objects too distant and faint to observe directly, by examining the ancient 21-centimeter radio signal left behind by hydrogen ...

NASA's treasure trove of new comet 3I/ATLAS images provides hotly anticipated views of the interstellar visitor, including ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS sweeps past Mars as NASA’s orbiters and Perseverance reveal fresh clues about its chemistry and ...

Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the ...

NASA spacecraft across the inner solar system captured new views of Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third known interstellar object ...

"We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a ...

The stunning image, titled 'The Fall of Icarus', was created by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy, who specialises in taking ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could change our ...

Quasars acting as strong gravitational lenses are among the rarest finds in astronomy. Out of nearly 300,000 quasars ...

From global energy security to the race to net zero, the challenges are mounting, and breakthroughs in science are arriving faster than ever. Across solar, hydrogen, batteries and sustainable fuels, ...

JWST has detected rare silane gas in an ancient, oxygen-poor brown dwarf, revealing a key clue to why Jupiter and Saturn hide ...

Space looks very dark from Earth. But does the solar system, and the universe for that matter, have an area that's the ...