James Webb Space Telescope
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The James Webb Space Telescope has solved a lot of puzzles, and created a few more
By Rebecca Sohn published
Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the 2024 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate surrounded the James Webb Space Telescope's scientific revolution.
James Webb Space Telescope gets to the heart of a smoking starburst galaxy (images)
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has dived into the smoking heart of the "Cigar Galaxy" to create an image of the starburst galaxy alight with intense star birth.
James Webb Space Telescope spots hints of exomoons forming in infant star system
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted hints of a third planet in the disk of gas and dust that surrounds an infant star, as well as signs of moon formation.
James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has joined the hunt for infant exoplanets, spotting a newly forming world — but not the one we had expected to see.
Gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope image captures sparkling stars, old and new
By Samantha Mathewson published
A small galaxy is bursting with star formation in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.
What are the true colors of images from the James Webb Space Telescope?
By Rebecca Sohn published
We explore the true colors of images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to see what the cosmos really looks like.
Stunning light shows on Uranus and Saturn may soon draw James Webb Space Telescope's eye
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope will soon investigate stunning light shows from Uranus and Saturn as two projects look at the auroras of these planets to discover the processes that make them tick.
A new ultrablack coating for telescopes could bring more stars into focus
By Meredith Garofalo published
Next-gen telescopes could see a much clearer picture using a new thin film coating that's incredibly dark.
The James Webb Space Telescope is digging deep into the mysteries of gas planets
By Monisha Ravisetti published
Scientists are slowly getting to the bottom of how some of the universe's most mind-bending worlds came to be.
Speck of light glimpsed by Hubble is truly an enormous old galaxy, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on a mere speck of light seen by Hubble, identifying it as a massive early galaxy that existed just 510 million years after the Big Bang.
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