A photographer spent five years traveling the world to turn the lens on amateur astronomers who have contributed to science. Dan Homer visited stargazers across four different continents to take …
NEW DELHI: A group of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover the oldest and farthest black hole ever observed. Dating from the dawn of the universe, the …
This image from the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the central portion of the star cluster IC 348. Astronomers combed the cluster in search …
MAUNA KEA: Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, …
WASHINGTON: Our Milky Way galaxy‘s most common type of star is called a red dwarf – much smaller and less luminous than our sun. These stars – or so it …
Utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have successfully gazed upon Earendel, marking the most remote star ever identified. Although initial estimations placed Earendel’s distance from our planet at 12.9 …
Astronomers reported Wednesday the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star. They said it’s the strongest evidence yet of this bizarre cosmic pairing, …