Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure ...

James Webb and Hubble reveal HH 30, a young star’s chaotic birth in a cosmic nursery, shedding light on dust movement, jets, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation.

This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month presents HH 30 in unprecedented detail. This target is ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

Astrophysical jets from black holes play a key role in cosmic evolution, impacting star formation and revealing insights ...

The objects were in the same region of the sky but were 13,000 light-years apart and not related to each other. The details ...

Cepheus B, a molecular cloud located in our Milky Galaxy about 2,400 light years from the Earth, provides an excellent model to determine how stars are formed. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has ...

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

Several faculty at the University of California, Davis, are among the recipients of presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring and research announced by the White House Jan. 13 and 14. The ...

Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine select star-forming areas in the Extreme Outer Galaxy in near- ...

The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new set of stamps celebrating the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space ...