Line Emission Mapper (LEM) is an X-ray Probe Mission concept to study galaxy evolution, directly addressing Astro2020 Decadal's Priority Area of Unveiling the Drivers of Galaxy Growt...

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...