Arrokoth, the farthest world ever visited by a spacecraft, was more than a distant “space snowman” snapped by NASA’s New Horizons — it revealed unexpected chemistry and structure that challenges ...
An artist's illustration of the view from a Kuiper Belt object. (CREDIT: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)) Astronomers at Princeton University have uncovered evidence that the outer solar system is ...
The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured the actively forming protostar EC 53 (circled ...
The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the actively forming protostar EC 53 (circled at left) in the Serpens Nebula in this image released on Jan. 21, 2026.
The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the actively forming protostar EC 53 (circled ...
Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...