Avi Loeb suggested that NASA may have rushed to conclusions by ruling out the possibility of an artificial aircraft.

The James Webb Space Telescope's look at the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. The image showcase a "small star-forming region" ...

Webb's Near-Infrared Camera view shows at least two or three distinct outflows of gas — jets stretching in different ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a distant faint galaxy ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has cowritten a research paper speculating whether the comet 3I/ATLAS is in fact "hostile" ...

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for one of the star’s enduring mysteries.

For the First Time, Astronomers Capture ‘Smoking Gun’ of Early Solar System Formation Telescopes detected the first stages of hot minerals condensing from gas around a young star called HOPS-315 ...

Scientists estimate the object to be more than 12-miles-wide, speeding at 37 miles-per-second, relative to the sun.

Now, thanks to the powerful Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii, astronomers suggest they’ve spotted Betelgeuse’s elusive companion —a smaller star in a tight orbit around it, both sitting at ...

The James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes collect a lot of light, but how? Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: https://s.si.edu/3rnWsfq The more light a telescope ...

In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, ...

This animation was created in 2009 as part of the Annenberg project of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Science Media Group. Part of the Mind, Brain, and Education series (Neuroscience and ...