Combining observations from several powerful telescopes, astronomers have detected a gargantuan, 'wobbling' black hole ...

For years, the James Webb Space Telescope has been spotting enormous black holes in the early universe that defy all ...

"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the “habitable zone,” where a planet ...

A sizzling exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope is shedding its atmosphere and leaving behind two gigantic helium tails.

A new image of a portion of the Helix Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) highlights cometlike knots, fierce ...

It’s one of astronomy’s great mysteries: how did black holes get so big, so massive, so quickly. An answer to this cosmic conundrum has now been provided by researchers at Ireland's Maynooth ...

What we're seeing in the nebula is, in a sense, a moment of death that lays the groundwork for a new birth. The dying star ...

On Christmas Day 2021, alongside other astronomers, I watched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch from French Guiana and begin its month-long journey to its destination, 1.5 million ...

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

NASA is facing a convergence of controversies, from delayed Moon missions to culture-war fights over telescope names and ...