In a dazzling new photo, the James Webb Space Telescope zooms in on the Butterfly Nebula — the dying gasps of one of the hottest stars in the sky, which could hold clues to Earth's origins.

The glorious guts of a dying star are the means by which astronomers are hoping to discover the very earliest origins of how ...

Back to Article List Herschel completes its “cool” journey in space The European space telescope has stopped making observations after running out of liquid coolant, as expected.

A new study from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope hints that planets around stars cooler than our Sun might possess a different mix of potentially life-forming, or ”prebiotic,“ chemicals.

Astronomers Discover Cool Stars in Nearby Space“This is the fourth time in three years that UKIRT has made a record breaking discovery of the coolest known brown dwarf, with an estimated ...

A new type of flame produced on the International Space Station (ISS) doesn't just look cool with its spherical blue glow—it is cool.

The Canadian High Arctic offers continuous darkness during the winter months -- an enormous advantage for astronomers searching for repeating events like planetary transits of stars. Exceptionally ...