It was put on Webb to diagnose and measure any blur in its images. Even nanometres of distortion in Webb’s 18 hexagonal ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...

A team of astronomers used an "Earth-sized super telescope" to detect an object that emits no light, via gravitational ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

Astronomers have achieved the first radio image of a supermassive black hole pair, using the retired Russian RadioAstron ...

Astronomers have detected a mysterious dark object in the distant universe — and its size has them fascinated.

The bright outflow jets of J0529 are being fed by a process called Super-Eddington Accretion, where an object exceeds its ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed view yet of a red supergiant star just before it exploded, hidden beneath layers ...

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it ...

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...