James Webb Space Telescope

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.

NASA’S JWST measures the temperature of a rocky exoplanet

An international team of researchers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b. The...

Webb spotted silicate cloud features in a remote planet’s atmosphere

Researchers observing with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere. The atmosphere is constantly rising,...

Webb offers first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies

Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented...

NASA’s Webb new images of Pandora’s Cluster show a stronger, wider, better lens

The new view of Pandora’s Cluster stitches four Webb snapshots together into one panoramic image.

Webb detects a previously unknown 100–200-meter asteroid

Extremely small main-belt asteroid.

Astronomers measured the cosmic age of a most distant galaxy

This discovery confirms the existence of galaxies in the very early Universe found by the JWST.

Darkest ever view of a dense interstellar cloud

The observations have revealed the composition of a virtual treasure chest of ices from the early universe.

NASA’S Webb reveals wide diversity of galaxies in the early universe

Scientists use CEERS Survey to examine the structure and morphology of 850 high-redshift galaxies.

NASA’s Webb confirms its first exoplanet

The planet is almost exactly the same size as our own.

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