Relatedly, astronomers may have just pushed the upper size limit of what counts as a planet.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud. It harbors the "deepest, ...

A 'prelude to a supernova' is how NASA describes this stunning new James Webb Space Telescope image of Wolf-Rayet Star WR 124 ...

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models." ...

With an image from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA finds clues outside the solar system that explain crystals born in ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope was used to create the largest, highest resolution map of dark matter, just ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to look back in time and study galaxies that existed shortly after the Big ...

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a dying sunlike star is enriching the galaxy with the elements needed for life.

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a galaxy that is offering new data about the early stages of the ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.