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Scientists create the most detailed and accurate simulation ever produced of the first billion years of the universe.

Startling new images show how much more powerful JWST is than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope.

Like the Hubble Space Telescope before it, the James Webb Space Telescope has the potential to change the course of astronomy.

Astronomers on a historically ambitious and massive galaxy-mapping mission have activated more than 10,000 amateur scientists in 85 countries to help in their quest. Now they hope to significantly scale up their volunteer force for a unique project that could reveal for the first time the nature of dark energy.

A new report releases what the nation’s best degrees of the future are.

Two new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show what may be among the earliest galaxies ever observed.

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will be the world's most powerful telescope, and UT Austin has determined it will work to invest an additional $45 million in the effort.

The discovery improves understanding of the process of how massive stars live and die.

The world’s largest International Dark Sky Reserve is coming to Texas and Mexico,.

Each year, the award is given to one or two international scholars under the age of 45.