The Galileo probe expanded on our knowledge of Jupiter's moon, Io, showing us just how hot and hellish the Jovian satellite ...

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids.

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the ...

In mid-July, Webb images of Jupiter began to circulate, showcasing some of the first bits of data that the James Webb Space Telescope had captured. Around this same time, the space telescope also ...

Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has found many small ... number of tiny asteroids in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. These small asteroids, ranging in size from that of a bus to several ...

Scientists have made a shocking discovery about a rare object in our solar system likened to an asteroid-comet hybrid.

The James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled intriguing ... orbits the sun every 50 years. Situated between Jupiter and Neptune, this centaur's icy nucleus was found to contain frozen carbon ...

Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope can observe some incredibly distant galaxies, stretching all the ...

The 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 and will feature remarkable findings ...