Webb recorded a 50-light-year-wide swath of the Milky Way’s center, shining with half a million stars.
Communication has come a long way in 60 years of 'Star Trek'—and the combadge represents one of its biggest technological evolutions.
For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they finally think they have an answer.
The object appears to be older than our solar system itself.
A recent paper reveals we're almost certainly going to collide with a galaxy in the next couple billion years, but it's not the one we thought.
Using multiple wavelengths and some atmospheric jiu-jitsu, astronomers are changing how we see the universe.
A new model shows how magnetism shapes stars, cosmic rays, and even Earth’s space weather.
Image: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Samuel Crowe (UVA) 
