Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.

The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet.

Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet using NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

Saturn has a fresh new look thanks to NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

The Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death.

NASA's new Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now have been hidden from view.

Two space telescopes have captured this week's asteroid strike, the first planetary defense test of its kind.

NASA has released new glamour shots of Neptune, and the planet and its rings haven’t looked this good in decades.

The world's newest and most powerful space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new photos from space.

The first image from NASA's new space telescope is the deepest view of the universe ever captured.

NASA's new space telescope is in the home stretch of testing.

NASA’s new space telescope is showing perfect vision, with a spiky image of a faraway star that was photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies.

The world's biggest and most powerful space telescope has reached its final destination 1 million miles away.

NASA's new space telescope has opened its gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror, the largest and most sensitive ever launched.

In a story published January 4, 2022, about the James Webb Space Telescope, The Associated Press erroneously reported when the universe’s first stars and galaxies were created.

NASA's new space telescope is doing well more than a week after liftoff, following a pair of problems overcome by ground controllers.

The world's largest and most powerful space telescope has blasted off on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies.

After delays due to high wind, NASA is launching their newest telescope - the James Webb Space Telescope - into space on Christmas Day.

NASA is shooting for next Friday to launch its newest space telescope.

Next week's launch of NASA's new space telescope is delayed for at least two days because of a communication problem between the observatory and the rocket.

A U.S. survey of astronomers puts the search for extraterrestrial life at the top of their to-do list for the next 10 years.