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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the N79 nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: ...

Zoom into an amazing James Webb Space Telescope view of galaxy NGC 3256. It is " the wreckage of a head-on collision between ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured an amazing video of the outflow Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50), a newborn star.

What can carbon dioxide (CO₂) on Saturn’s moons teach scientists about their formation and evolution? This is what a recent ...

“The gas spans the entire width of the system and was likely shocked and compressed at the collision site,” they and their ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon, it would create a crater more than half a mile in diameter (1 km), becoming the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to the study. Current ...

Astronomer Prof Michele Dougherty did not study science in secondary school – but was instead inspired to learn more about ...

The first stars were not just lights in the dark, they were cosmic fire-starters that transformed the universe while seeding ...

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of the cosmos – particularly because they can see light blocked by the ...

This picture shows a spiral galaxy from above. It has a bright center, wide arms, and soft clouds of gas with tiny stars.

The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.