As scores of children prepare to look to the skies this Christmas Eve, they will be relieved to know scientists are helping to clear a path for Santa in space.

New observations from the JWST show a molecular and chemical portrait of a distant planet, mapping its formation history.

The body found by search teams in Chile last week has been confirmed to be that of our missing friend and colleague Professor Tom Marsh.

Astronomers led by the University of Warwick have identified the oldest star in our galaxy that is accreting debris from orbiting planetesimals, making it one of the oldest rocky and icy planetary systems discovered in the Milky Way.