Science fiction authors like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein have inspired figures such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who, ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ago. This "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy could reveal how our own galaxy evolved.

John Steele Gordon on “Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party” by Edward Dolnick.

Galaxy clusters—the big cities of the universe—are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have completed their growth ...

A new radio telescope on the top of Germany's Zugspitze mountain will help unravel the secrets of the universe. The project ...

The first mercury barometer was created in the 1600s by an Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli. was ...

Telescope, sire of last season's Supreme Novices' Hurdle victor Slade Steel, will stand at Foxwood Farm in County Cork for ...

German astronomer Simon Marius is best remembered for his disputes with Galileo Galilei over priority for discovering Jupiter ...