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The stunning image that Webb produced shows newly formed stars in the outer galaxy emitting jets of material in all directions, set against a backdrop of a sea of galaxies and red clouds of gas.

If you were to look at a giant picture of space, zoom in on the Milky Way galaxy ... planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and other debris. Among the planets, moons are more common in the outer ...

The show debuts on Monday, June 9, but we got a sneak peek today. Encounters in the Milky Way takes a 20-minute voyage through outer space with stunning visualizations of dazzling stars, ...

In its short existence, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has transformed our understanding of the universe. It has peered at planets, stars, galaxies ... but all of the outer planets ...

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in order to ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bustling region of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way. Called, dramatically enough, the Extreme Outer Galaxy ...

How do planets form and galaxies develop? Could life exist anywhere else in the cosmos? Questions that have long eluded astronomers could finally be answered with the launch of an advanced space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope ... MIRI also showcase the galaxy’s outer ring, revealing how dust — a crucial ingredient for celestial objects such as stars and planets — is structured ...