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A large field of stars and galaxies with one shown in a small white squre, then magnified in a larger white square near the center.

'That's weird': James Webb Space Telescope spies a strange galaxy outshining its stars

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

An oddball galaxy in the early universe shines so brightly it outshines its stars.

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A pair of interacting galaxies. The larger of the two galaxies is slightly right of centre, and is composed of a hazy, bright, white centre and a ring of gaseous filaments, which are different shades of red and orange. Toward the bottom left and bottom right of the ring are filaments of gas spiralling inward toward the core. At the top left of the ring is a noticeable gap, bordered by two large, orange pockets of dust and gas. The smaller galaxy is made of hazy and white gas and dust, which become more diffuse further away from its centre. To this galaxy’s bottom left, there is a smaller, more diffuse gas cloud that wafts outward toward the edges of the image. Many red, orange, and white galaxies are spread throughout, with some being hazier in appearance and others having more defined spiral patterns.

James Webb Space Telescope witnesses a 'smiling' galactic collision (images)

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a collision between two galaxies that appears to have created a beaming smile in space.

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Red smoke behind bright specks of blue red and white light

James Webb Telescope goes 'extreme' and spots baby stars at the edge of the Milky Way (image)

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken things to the extreme, studying the outer edge of our own galaxy, the Milky Way and producing a stunning new image.

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A question mark made of galaxies in space.

James Webb Space Telescope zooms in on giant question mark in space (image)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

James Webb Space Telescope finds clues about a pair of faraway, interacting galaxies that trace a distinct question mark in deep space.

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a deep-sky image showing hundreds of distant galaxies

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.

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Deep-space photo showing a large orange-brown molecular cloud, with bright stars shining around it

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.

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A wonderously spiralling galaxy filled with bright whites and warms points of gold in the starry blackness of space.

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.

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A dusty-looking section of space with orange and red streaks concentrated around a glowing greenish center.

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.

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A large glowing blue sphere next to an overlapping smaller grey sphere with a craggy texture

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.

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A stormy and reddish scene.

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.

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