The James Webb Space Telescope was built with a flaw, and because it's a million miles away, we can't repair it, but we can ...

Thousands of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, are in this 2022 photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. [Photo: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI] BY The Conversation Curious Kids is a series for ...

Last week, four lasers were projected into the sky above the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Paranal site in Chile. The ...

James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...

A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.

Astronomers have conducted multiwavelength observations of a recently detected fast X-ray transient designated EP241107a.

The Franklin Institute announced Nov. 11 that it is awarding the 2026 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, one of the nation’s ...

Richard Fishacre, a 13th-century Dominican friar, challenged the prevailing belief that celestial bodies were made of a 'fifth element.' His assertions, based on light and color, prefigured modern ...

Mark Clampin (center) will take over as director of NASA's astrophysics division Aug. 15 after working on several major missions, including the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA GSFC/Rebecca ...

The B.S. in astronomy & astrophysics at UW offers students an adventurous course of study in astronomical objects—from stars to black holes to solar systems—and their properties and functions. The ...