When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

How can the universe’s turbulence influence the Earth? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

Sophisticated computational models let us examine objects such as supernova remnants in extraordinary detail and from every angle.

Scientists looked at Jupiter’s massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they ...

In May 2024, powerful solar activity triggered jaw-dropping northern lights much farther south than usual, turning the sky ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the presence of water ice in a planetary system beyond our own for the first ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy NGC 7469, which is 90,000 light-years in diameter. The galaxy is "roughly 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...

Webb telescope uncovers fiery, fast-pulsing auroras on Jupiter, reshaping how scientists understand the planet’s magnetic ...

Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early universe. It’s a cosmic giant whose light has travelled over 12 billion years to ...

Is frozen water scattered in systems around other stars? Astronomers have long expected it is, partially based on previous ...

Not long ago, I ran into a longtime Fleet Science Center member outside our Giant Dome theater. He had just seen a film about ...