James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.

Webb has provided an unprecedentedly rich and detailed glimpse into the distant Universe, capturing thousands of galaxies, some from the earliest epochs following the Big Bang.

The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.

In early 2004, the Hubble Space Telescope (which turned 30 this year) gained iconic status by giving us the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF): a window into the early cosmos showcasing 10,000 of galaxies ...

In a recent breakthrough, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a joint mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), ...

Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing ...

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which operates Webb, recently released an image of a planetary nebula known as NGC 6072. The nebula is located roughly 3,300 light-years from Earth, in ...

NASA had just unveiled a time-lapse of space. To create the video, the agency used one of the most powerful telescopes in ...

Telescopes have come a long way since the first one was invented in 1608. So what's the most powerful telescope operating ...

Human activities, changes in the climate, and policy interventions are causing major transformations in the global forest cover. This paper analyzes the trends, drivers, and implications of ...

These star-shredding black holes sit within dusty galaxies that block many telescopes’ views. That’s not an issue for JWST.

A recent snapshot by the James Webb Space Telescope captured the structure and shape of NGC 6072, which was described as 'a ...