James Webb Space Telescope
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Early galaxies weren't mystifyingly massive after all, James Webb Space Telescope finds
By Charles Q. Choi published
Black holes may be behind why the newborn universe appeared to possess more huge galaxies than scientists could explain, a new study finds.
James Webb Space Telescope finds 6 wandering 'rogue' planets that formed just like stars
By Keith Cooper published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered half a dozen rogue planets, one of which apparently hosts a newly forming moon system.
James Webb Space Telescope adds to the confusing drama of Hubble tension
By Keith Cooper published
Measurements of cosmic expansion using Cepheid variable stars continue to create tension.
James Webb Space Telescope strikes again, delivers new shining galaxy image
By Victoria Corless published
The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the galaxy Messier 106, which sits in the Canes Venatici constellation.
A moon of Uranus could have a hidden ocean, James Webb Space Telescope finds
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting at a buried water ocean.
Alien weather report: James Webb Space Telescope detects hot, sandy wind on 2 brown dwarfs
By Keith Cooper published
The JWST's infrared vision has seen deep into the stormy atmosphere of two brown dwarfs that form the third closest system to the sun.
The James Webb Space Telescope is studying an exoplanet's eternal day — and eternal night
By Stefanie Waldek published
A tidally locked gas giant experiences eternal sunshine on one side, and eternal darkness on the other.
Can the James Webb Space Telescope see galaxies over the universe's horizon?
By Robert Lea published
How can any telescope see a galaxy 33.8 billion light-years away in a universe that is only 13.8 billion years old?
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