The galaxy, located in the constellation Leo, is about the same size as a star cluster within the Milky Way and is about the same age as the Milky Way. The “P” in Leo P refers to “pristine,” because ...
Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power, and other systems that will enable the mission to ...
How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?
The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.
More than one million images present the cosmos as Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will see it from 2027.
Soon after it came online in 2022, Webb observations revealed a population of tiny red objects dubbed little red dots (LRDs).
Renowned cosmologist Rajendra Gupta from the University of Ottawa visited the University of Kerala, where he discussed his groundbreaking work on estimating the age of the universe.
Rare blue lurker star found in the M67 open star cluster Unusual rotation speed linked to stellar mergers in a triple system ...
NASA's upcoming Pandora mission, poised for launch later this year, promises to revolutionize our understanding of exoplanet ...
An exoplanet about 800 light-years away is spilling its guts into space, and new observations with the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, have let astronomers read the entrails, astronomers report ...
Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as ...
The James Webb Space Telescope captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen using infrared technology, and ...