With advanced tools like NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers can dive deeper into understanding how planets like ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a detailed look at the Milky Way's monstrous young supercluster Westerlund 1.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured 19 spiral galaxies "face-on" in near- and mid-infrared. The images "show stars, ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet, TOI-3261 b, that races around its star in just 21 hours. Dubbed a “hot Neptune,” ...

Two different space telescopes have looked at the same galaxy, so you can see the difference in how they observe the universe ...

Celebrate the season at the Kearney Area Children’s Museum’s Breakfast with Santa event. It will be held Dec. 7 at the ...

This week, we explore what's really going on with recent "mystery drone" incidents reported over American bases in the U.S.

A deep field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and ...

Dubbed “Mystic Mountain,” this is a region of the much more extensive Carina Nebula. In it, towers of cool hydrogen gas laced with dust are seen to rise along the nebula’s wall ...

Astronomers have just discovered a planet called TOI-3261 b, and it's truly unlike anything we've seen before. This planet has an incredibly short yea ...

Does someone on your holiday gift list have a passion for checking out the stars? WTOP space expert Greg Redfern has some ...

It’s time to introduce our hero, (Joseph) Norman Lockyer (1836-1920). Lockyer was a respected though minor civil servant, working as a secretary for the War Office in Whitehall. He had a comfortable ...