Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt is turning his fortune toward the stars, pledging to personally bankroll a new ...

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified a population of “platypus galaxies” that defy ...

NASA has selected two Colorado companies to help develop a future NASA space telescope that will look for signs of life on other planets. The flagship project, called the Habitable Worlds Observatory, ...

Strange cosmic objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are presently puzzling astronomers. The odd ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing ...

James Webb observations detect warm carbon monoxide gas in the inner disk of HD 131488, revealing non-equilibrium conditions and evidence of exocomet-driven gas replenishment near the star.

In order for NASA to study the mysteries of the universe, the scientists there need to be able to look out into the cosmos. The Hubble Space Telescope did this for a time, giving humanity some ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...