Hundreds of mysterious objects have appeared in images captured by the Webb space telescope. The curious dots could reshape scientists’ understanding of the cosmos.

They’re struggling to connect the dots. Scientists are baffled over mysterious dots captured by the James Webb Space Telescope — with some suggesting they could be giant stars from the origins of the ...

The first time I heard about galaxies without dark matter, I was sitting in my very first graduate class at the University of São Paulo. A team had found a small, strange galaxy that appeared to ...

Astronomy buffs are invited to dust off their telescopes this weekend for Custer Institute & Observatory’s first-ever ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun.

At 84, I finally crossed getting a tattoo off my bucket list — and it took two women who became like daughters to me to make it happen.

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum welcomes two new acquisitions to the collection—the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe model. The Pathfinder is a ...

How telescope magnifications work and why eyepieces are the best upgrade for achieving your stargazing goals. When you ...

Nevertheless, this rocket, named “Nell,” represented a historic achievement that would help launch the modern age of ...

An eight-week voyage to the bottom of the Earth helped the photojournalist Chang W. Lee better understand his late father.

"What I’ve learned is that life doesn’t follow the timelines we set," Lauren Palmere said, after one date changed everything.