Cambridge, MA– Astronomers are harnessing NASA's newest space telescope, JWST, to decode the atmospheres of nearby worlds. The properties of these planetary atmospheres could give clues t...

Cambridge, MA – Astronomers agree that planets are born in protoplanetary disks — rings of dust and gas that surround young, newborn stars. While hundreds of these disks have been spotted...

Cambridge, Mass. – There’s a new, immersive way to explore some of the first full-color infrared images and data from NASA’s JWST — through sound.

Cambridge, Mass. – Scientists using NASA’s JWST have captured definitive evidence of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, a planet beyond our Solar System.

Cambridge, MA – Astronomers frequently observe carbon monoxide in planetary nurseries. The compound is ultra-bright and extremely common in protoplanetary disks — regions of dust and gas ...

Cambridge, MA – When scientists unveiled humanity’s historic first image of a black hole in 2019 — depicting a dark core encircled by a fiery aura of material falling toward it — they bel...

Cambridge, MA – Analyzing data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse quite literall...

Cambridge, MA – Scientists have uncovered what sets the masses of stars, a mystery that has captivated astrophysicists for decades. Their answer? Stars, themselves. Using highly detailed...

Cambridge, Mass. – Scientists have for the first-time recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star. The team, which...

PASADENA, CA – The Giant Magellan Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever engineered using the world's largest mirrors, has secured a $205 million investment from its international co...