A merger of galaxies and their supermassive black holes in the ZS7 system was spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of interacting galaxies Arp 142. Arp 142 consists of a distorted ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate whether the most distant star identified in the universe is, ...

NASA's Hubble observatory made the discovery in 2022, making it the farthest and earliest star ever seen. Astronomers named ...

A team of astronomers led by UT’s Cosmic Frontiers Center found the black hole in the CAPERS-LRD-z9 galaxy with data from the ...

But the microwave view shows only fuzzy temperature spots. The James Webb Telescope, working in infrared light, can zoom in ...

The potential exoplanet was detected using JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) at a wavelength of 15 microns, part of the ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...

Three and a half years ago, the most distant star by far was discovered. However, it may not be a single object at all.

Of course, these advances have cost money, and we must always ask how best to balance the long-term benefits of science against our country’s other urgent needs. In 2024, the total science budget, ...

SwRI scientists reviewed spectral data of sample material taken from near-Earth asteroids Ryugu and Bennu (pictured above) and compared them with spectral data of main belt asteroid Polana from the ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...