Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers to better understand star formation and how a galaxy grows. Scientists have reported finding that Leo ...

Pandora, a small satellite mission poised to provide in-depth study of at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars to determine the composition of their atmospheres cleared an important milestone ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first exquisite images of an interstellar patch of sky, about 11,000 ...

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Learn about the thermal light echo, observed by NASA, that causes intricate layers of interstellar gas and dust to emit an ...

In the years following the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

NASA's exoplanet mission, Pandora, is closer to launch after completing its spacecraft bus. This mission aims to study the ...

How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

More than one million images present the cosmos as Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will see it from 2027.

Soon after it came online in 2022, Webb observations revealed a population of tiny red objects dubbed little red dots (LRDs).

Renowned cosmologist Rajendra Gupta from the University of Ottawa visited the University of Kerala, where he discussed his groundbreaking work on estimating the age of the universe.

Rayet 140, has been closely studied, revealing the formation and outward expansion of carbon-rich dust shells. Data from the ...