The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...

Captured just days after its discovery, the images offer the clearest view yet of this rare visitor from beyond our solar system.

Astronomers have created a magnificent visual map of the spiral galaxy using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

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For the very first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully assisted in the discovery of a new exoplanet. This exoplanet, known as TWA 7 b, is described in Nature as being located ...

PARIS — The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images of the relatively small world in the Earth’s galactic backyard.

The discovery of exoplanet TWA 7b marks a first for the James Webb Space Telescope, which until now had primarily been used to study already known exoplanets.