Two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 collide, forming carbon-rich dust. Webb captured 17 expanding dust shells, revealing ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the dynamic process of carbon-rich dust formation around Wolf ...

Astronomers have unveiled surprising new details about a small galaxy, NGC 300, challenging existing theories on galaxy ...

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...

Soon, the Gaia spacecraft will leave orbit and begin its retirement in the depths of space. In the last 10 years, it has ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have long been thought to lack the heft to attract mass and grow in the same way.

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Friday filed charges against eight additional people for crimes committed during California's deadly wildfires. Hochman joins “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” ...

The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of ...

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

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