Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified the most distant known quiescent galaxy, revealing ...

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The researchers confirmed that two enormous stars, each more than 20 times the mass of the sun, are growing inside ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered the most distant quiescent galaxy ever seen – one that had already stopped forming stars just 700 million years after the Big Bang.

Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, the Trump administration's pick to lead NASA, will appear before a Senate committee ...

Learn about the latest update on asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 3.8 percent chance to impact the Moon.

At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-earth creativity. Professor Erik Demaine ’s work in computational origami blends art and mathematics to solve intricate problems, ...

Explore how the Webb telescope reveals a massive black hole from the early universe living in a dormant state for most of its ...

Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed a decrease in the asteroid's size, adjusting it from previously estimated dimensions of 131-295 feet (40-90 meters) to 174-220 feet (53 ...

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4-percent chance of smashing into the moon, ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration spotted the asteroid 2024 YR4 for the first time; previously thought to have a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in December 2032.NASA stated that ...