James Webb Space Telescope

Our universe may be a bit more stable than was supposed

JWST survey reveals fewer supermassive black holes than presumed.

Webb reveals intricate structures of the final stages of a dying star

Webb observations offers valuable insights into the formation and evolution of these objects.

Maisie’s galaxy is, in fact, among the earliest ever observed

It is one of the first distant galaxies identified by JWST.

A new image of a galaxy cluster revealing distant and dusty objects never seen before

Webb spotlights gravitational arcs in ‘El Gordo’ galaxy cluster.

JWST reveals new secrets of Jupiter’s moons in a new light

James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light.

Webb observed the chemical signature of carbon-rich dust grains in the early Universe

Webb sees carbon-rich dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time.

The most distant active supermassive black hole to date discovered

It is less massive than any other yet identified in the early universe.

Astrophysicists confirm the existence of the faintest galaxy ever seen

The small, distant galaxy JD1 is typical of the kind that burned through hydrogen left over from the Big Bang.

Webb maps surprisingly large plume jetting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus

A water vapour plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus spanning more than 9600 kilometres — long enough to stretch across the Eurasian continent from Ireland...

The warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut

Astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study the...

Webb finds water vapor around a rocky exoplanet

Water vapor in an atmosphere on a hot rocky planet would represent a major breakthrough for exoplanet science.

Tiny galaxy with big star power

Galaxy is the smallest ever discovered at this distance.

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