In the vast theater of space, astronomers have uncovered a tale of cosmic destruction unlike any other. The James Webb Space ...

When the planet finally fell in toward the star, it splashed away layers of gas from the star’s outer atmosphere, and this gas gradually cooled into cold dust which now sits as a cloud around the star ...

Two years ago, a star on its deathbed was charged with a heinous act — eating a planet — in a system 12,000 light-years away ...

Some estimates suggest that within about a billion light-years, the matter density could be as much as 50% below the cosmic average. If our galaxy lies inside such a void, that could explain why ...

This one upended that timeline by packing in mass and burning out in cosmic infancy. Using JWST's NIRSpec/PRISM tool, researchers detected no blue stars, only red ones—evidence the galaxy's ...

Using the mighty James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have imaged the once-menacing space rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, in infrared light, providing our best estimate yet of its true size. It's also a ...