( Nanowerk News) Southwest Research Institute led a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) survey, discovering a previously unknown tiny moon orbiting Uranus. A team led by SwRI’s Dr. Maryame El Moutamid ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

If an extraterrestrial intelligence were looking for signs of human communications, when and where should they look? In a new study, researchers at Penn State and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in ...

Any trip to the dark night skies of our Southern California deserts reveals a vista full of wonder and mystery — riddles that astrophysicists like myself spend our days unraveling.

Hubble’s newest view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2835 adds a stunning twist to a familiar sight. By capturing light in a special wavelength called H-alpha, astronomers have revealed glowing pink nebulae ...

Uranus' 29th moon was hidden inside the planet's dark inner rings, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

After 22 years of Uranus having 28 confirmed moons, the gas giant was recently confirmed by researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to have | Space ...

Jupiter's auroras were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ricardo Hueso (UPV), Imke de Pater (UC Berkeley), Thierry Fouchet ...

Researchers discovered a new 'tiny' moon using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most powerful telescope ever ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finds TRAPPIST-1 d lacks an Earth-like atmosphere, narrowing the search for habitable planets.

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a new moon orbiting Uranus, raising the planet’s known ...

Designated S/2025 U1, the newly discovered moon is so small and faint that astronomers are wondering if Uranus might be ...