"We are observing the build-up of one the largest structures in the universe, a city of galaxies in construction." ...
This image shows the center of the Serpens Nebula, as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera. The ...
The mid-infrared light image shows astronomical features that can’t be seen with visible light cameras or in previous ...
"If trying to explain how three super puffs formed in one system wasn’t challenging enough, now we have to explain a fourth ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report the discovery of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has returned incredible new photos of the Sombrero galaxy, offering a new look at the region. The Sombrero galaxy, named for its resemblance to the Mexican hat, ...
Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of ...
The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then released into low-Earth orbit. The James Webb Space Telescope was squeezed inside the nose cone ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies.
Interstellar dust clouds and inky stretches of deep space can appear dull to ordinary telescopes. But to a car-size telescope 26 million miles (41.8 million kilometers) from Earth, they are alive ...
"A high point of our journey [has been] witnessing the entire telescope come together as an aligned system — a moment that ...