Data captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope showed planets forming around a star in the ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in the first billion years after the Big Bang, moving one step closer to ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the earliest ever signs of planets being born around a star.

James Webb Space Telescope marks its third anniversary with a stunning image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, revealing young stars shaping their cosmic environment.

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

As NASA reports, two astronomers working with raw Webb data the space agency periodically makes available to researchers, ...

“For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our Sun,” says Melissa McClure, a professor at Leiden University in the ...

The telescope, which departed our home planet in December 2021, is currently orbiting the sun. While it has certainly led to some major new astronomical findings, including the discovery of an ...

Small, compact galaxies seen in the early universe have puzzled astronomers – finding these unusual objects closer to home ...

The JWST discovers the Zhúlóng spiral galaxy, as massive as the Milky Way, formed only a billion years after the Big Bang.

Previously, astronomers have observed giant planets, like Jupiter, forming in the giant discs around young stars. According ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...