James Webb Space Telescope
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Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope
By Stefanie Waldek published
Ashley Zelinskie's VR artwork Twin Quasar was inspired by the iconic deep-space image from the James Webb Space Telescope that introduced a new audience to gravitational lensing.
Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter
By Robert Lea published
NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter has found the fastest-disintegrating planet ever. Losing a moons-worth of matter every million years, it is a prime target for the James Webb Space Telescope.
Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first exquisite images of an interstellar patch of sky, about 11,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.
James Webb Space Telescope watches planet-forming dust shells zooming through space
By Keith Cooper published
The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.
Are James Webb Space Telescope images really so colorful?
By Rebecca Sohn published
How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?
James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: 'This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem'
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope's ancient "little red dot" galaxies have been seen as a sign of "broken cosmology." Feeding supermassive black holes may have come to the rescue.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest 'truly gargantuan' supernovas ever seen
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar monster 20 times the mass of the sun.
James Webb Space Telescope spots record-breaking collection of stars in far-flung galaxy
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of 44 individual stars in a gorgeous portrait of a distant galaxy.
James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast
By Joanna Thompson published
Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped.
Webb mail: US Priority Mail stamps to again star deep space images in 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The universe of U.S. postage stamps featuring James Webb Space Telescope imagery is set to expand again in 2025. The U.S. Postal Service revealed its Priority Mail and Express flat rate stamps.
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