The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of stellar nursery 30 Doradus, nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula. The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) and Mid-infrared Instrument (MIRI) ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

Does that middle star look fuzzy to you? It’s a stellar nursery known as Orion Nebula or Messier 42 where stars are being born and you can see it with your unaided eye. What’s more ...

And, because it works with infrared light, SPHEREx is meant to reveal things even the trailblazing James Webb Space Telescope cannot. "Taking a snapshot with JWST is like taking a picture of a ...

The Pillars of Creation, towering clouds of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, were first immortalized in 1995 by Hubble. Now, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) unveils their hidden depths.

"Taking a snapshot with JWST is like taking a picture of a person," Shawn Domagal-Goldman, who is the acting director of the Astrophysics Division at Nasa Headquarters, told reporters earlier ...

What's the old saying? A watched kettle (or star?) never boils? Our object of interest in this feature is M42, the Orion nebula. The 'M' stands for Messier catalogue objects, that name coming from the ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during January 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide. Looking for a telescope for the next night sky event? We recommend the Celestron ...