Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

A nearby planetary system is seen in detail in our first look at an asteroid belt outside our solar system in infrared light ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning images of the young star HH 30 in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, revealing ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of HH 30, a young star in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. This star is ...

In a stunning astronomical discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled a spectacular image of HH 30, a ...

A new study reveals that these missing pieces may not have been absent from the start but were instead lost during violent ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a belching protostar in its infancy. By studying the dust grains whirling around ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

Set against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars, this is NGC 1858, a 10-million-year ...