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James Webb Space Telescope studies dusty 'pancakes' feeding baby stars and birthing planets

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken an intricate look at how pancakes of gas and dust feed infant stars and help them grow before influencing the birth of planets.

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two-panel image. In the left panel, dozens of small galaxies are scattered on the black background of space. Just to the left of the center, there is a long, red arc. At its left is a cluster of a few white galaxies that look like a glowing orb. To the right of the center, the red arc and glowing orb of galaxies at the left appear to be mirrored. The curved and distorted galaxy image on the right side is highlighted with a white box. Lines extend from the box’s corners to the right panel, which shows an enlarged view of the curved galaxy. Three faint points of light are circled.

James Webb Space Telescope finds supernova 'Hope' that could finally resolve major astronomy debate

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant cosmic explosion that erupted in the early universe called "supernova Hope" that could help resolve lingering "Hubble trouble."

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James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon

By Robert Lea published

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins.

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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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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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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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