Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...

The $488-million mission is set to map the sky in 102 colors of light, probing cosmic inflation, galactic ices, and the history of the universe’s first light.

Modern astronomical observatories send us an enormous amount of data, which is generally examined and shared in the form of images ... and the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

On Women's Day, a reminder of all they contribute to life and society. There are many more who are left out of this list.

A groundbreaking study published in Science Advances sheds new light on the mysterious origins of free-floating planetary-mass objects ...

A nearby galaxy is ablaze with new stars in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb Telescope recently imaged.

A new study looking at observations by the JWST of the early universe has thrown up a new and intriguing mystery; the majority of galaxies appear to be rotating in the same direction. This finding, ...

Google is preparing to change how RAW images are handled. A string of code in version 9.8 of the Pixel Camera says “RAW photos will not be backed up by default.” DNG images could be saved in a ...

A nearby galaxy is ablaze with new stars in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope. Located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canis Major, this barred spiral ...

Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps ...