This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

A study suggesting the exoplanet K2-18b shows potential signs of alien life has been met with skepticism from the scientific ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to revisit a misunderstood black hole thought to be gulping ...

"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...

Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers may have cracked this puzzle, finding the first evidence of a ...

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...

The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...