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James Webb Space Telescope

TWA 7 (MIRI + VLT Image)

Webb’s first direct image discovery of an alien planet

A planet with a mass similar to Saturn.

A crowded galaxy field on a black background, with one large star dominating the image just right of center. Three areas are concentrated with larger white hazy blobs on the left, lower right, and upper right above the single star. Scattered between these areas are many smaller sources of light; some also have a hazy white glow, while many other are red or orange.

What sources caused the reionization of the Universe?

Webb finds dwarf galaxies reionised the Universe.

Debris Disk Around Star HD 181327

First evidence of frozen water in the young star system

Not just water ice, but crystalline water ice.

The landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” known as the Cosmic Cliffs is actually a portion of the nebula Gum 31, which contains a young star cluster called NGC 3324

A new 3D visualization of Cosmic Cliffs

Exploring the Cosmic Cliffs in 3D.

With its spiral arms and large star-forming disc

The twin of the Milky Way galaxy found in the distant Universe

It offers important insights into how galaxies can form and evolve so rapidly in the early Universe.

Exoplanet Atmosphere

A giant rocky planet could be shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere

Research deciphers mysterious atmosphere of ‘Rosetta Stone’ exoplanet.

Planetary Nebula NGC 1514

NASA’s Webb focuses on dying star energetic display

With MIRI’s data, it becomes easy to comprehensively examine the turbulent nature of this nebula.

Planetary Engulfment Illustration

Webb telescope unearths stunning cosmic drama: A star’s planetary feast

Valuable insights about the final fates of planetary systems.

Image A: JADES-GS-z13-1 in the GOODS-S field (NIRCam Image)

Webb detects unexpected Hydrogen signal from Ancient Galaxy

Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have examined ancient galaxies to explore the secrets of the early universe. Now, astronomers have identified bright...

In the centre is an elliptical galaxy, seen as an oval-shaped glow around a small bright core. Around this is wrapped a broad band of light, appearing like a spiral galaxy stretched and warped into a ring, with bright blue lines drawn through it where the spiral arms have been stretched into circles. A few distant objects are visible around the ring on a black background.

James Webb Telescope captures a stunning Einstein Ring

Einstein rings are fascinating astronomical phenomena caused by gravitational lensing. When light from a distant object passes near a massive intermediate object, spacetime bends...

Neptune Auroras (Hubble and Webb Image)

Webb captures Neptune’s mysterious auroras for the first time

For the first time, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, often originating...

Herbig-Haro 49/50 (Spitzer and Webb Images)

Webb reveals ‘Cosmic Tornado’ and hidden spiral galaxy in stunning detail

Webb telescope reveals the secrets of the cosmic tornado

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Webb telescope reveals Fiery origins and chemical secrets of distant giant planets

Webb images young, giant exoplanets, detects carbon dioxide.

Image A: Flame Nebula: Hubble and Webb Observations

Webb Telescope Unveils Elusive Brown Dwarfs in the Flame Nebula

The team found free-floating objects roughly two to three times the mass of Jupiter.

Isolated planetary-mass object SIMP 0136 (artist’s concept)

Webb uncovers atmospheric complexity of free-floating planetary-mass object SIMP 0136

Unveiling the dynamic atmosphere of SIMP 0136 with the James Webb Space Telescope

Phoenix cluster

Phoenix galaxy cluster found in the act of extreme cooling

Webb's observations help to explain the cluster’s mysterious starburst.

HH 30

The secrets of Herbig-Haro objects

Webb investigates a dusty and dynamic disc.

trans-Neptunian objects

Webb gives the best glimpse ever into the icy planetesimals of the early solar system

A clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved.

TRAPPIST-1 b

The light of the planet TRAPPIST-1 b measured in two color

New insights on the planet’s nature.

Galaxy cluster MACS J1423 (NIRCam image)

James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers ‘Firefly Sparkle’

James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers 'Firefly Sparkle': A Unique Early-Forming Galaxy Similar to Young Milky Way

Spiderweb protocluster

Record breaking: Webb may have discovered the earliest galaxies ever seen

Webb finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field.

three red monsters

Three galactic ‘red monsters’ discovered in the early Universe

The formation of stars in the early Universe was far more efficient than previously thought.

Nebula Milkyway and galaxies in space

The oldest galaxies are large and bright, supporting alternative gravity theory

New research challenges dark matter theory in galaxy formation.

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