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a giant shell of wispy blue, green, yellow and red light glows against the blackness of space in a photo by space telescopes.

Astronomers solve mystery of 'Green Monster' in famous supernova remnant (photo)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The mysterious wispy green light captured by the James Webb Space Telescope last year near the heart of Cassiopeia A turns out to be a result of a blast wave slamming into surrounding material.

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An artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope. It's golden mirror is seen atop its silvery sunshield floating in space.

12 James Webb Space Telescope findings that changed our understanding of the universe in 2023

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

These are the James Webb Space Telescope's most notable discoveries in 2023.

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a warped section of space is enlarged to show a sweep of reddish light with a bright star within.

Warped supernova spotted by James Webb Space Telescope could settle a longstanding debate

By Keith Cooper published

Gravitationally lensed images of two different supernovas in the same galaxy can be used to measure the expansion rate of the universe.

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a dark black hole surrounded by glowing orange gases

James Webb Space Telescope may have found the oldest black hole in the universe

By Ben Turner published

The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of the universe's oldest black holes is giving astronomers some vital clues for how they came to be.

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The star cluster IC 348 as seen by the JWST and where it spotted three "failed star" brown dwarfs. A pink and purple red gaseous nebula fills the image, many bright twinkling stars.

James Webb Space Telescope spies record-breaking 'failed star' that shouldn't exist (video)

By Robert Lea published

"We're seeing something new and unexpected."

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a loose, gaseous orb in stretched colors of faded pink and vibrant strings of red hangs in space amongst a background of shimmering blue stars.

James Webb Space Telescope's 'Cosmic Christmas Bauble' earns spot in White House Advent Calendar (photo, video)

By Robert Lea published

The powerful space telescope's image of Cassiopeia A shining brightly and silently was revealed as part of the first-ever White House Advent Calendar.

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A blurry blob of red surrounded by blurry blobs of blue and green.

James Webb Space Telescope bites cosmic burger to create 1st ice map of planet-forming disk

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a bite out of a cosmic burger to create a 2D inventory of different forms of ice surrounding a planet-birthing disk.

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a blurry, pixelated red and green splotch dissipates outward to black.

James Webb Space Telescope pierces through dust to find an ancient ghostly galaxy

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

A ghostlike dusty galaxy from the early universe might represent a whole population of hidden galaxies.

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A starry section of space with gaseous patterns in the background.

James Webb Space Telescope gazes into 'The Brick,' a dark nebula near the Milky Way's heart

By Keith Cooper published

A dark nebula, also known as "The Brick," was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Artist's impression of the massive star-forming region, with the planet-forming disk XUE-1 in the foreground. The region is drenched in UV light from massive stars, one of which is visible in the top left corner. The structure near the disk represents the molecules and the dust found by the researchers in their new observations.

Earth-like planets may form even in harsh environments, James Webb Space Telescope finds

By Tereza Pultarova published

The James Webb Space Telescope has found water and organic carbon molecules in the vicinity of a massive, active young star.

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