Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

Scientists are using powerful telescopes to study exoplanet atmospheres for signs of life. New missions could soon reveal ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a barred spiral galaxy that formed when the universe was only two billion years old ...

Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

A group of scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed a giant cloud of helium gas evaporating from a distant giant planet. While helium escape has been observed before, this is the ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, UK scientists have found an atmosphere on a red hot planet 280 light years away, in the ...

Astronomers and scientists love Betelgeuse because it shines so brightly. While most stars appear as tiny points of light, ...

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) ...

Rochester Institute of Technology astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb ...

A new study published in Science marks the first time astronomers have directly measured the mass of a rogue planet, a ...