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James Webb Space Telescope captures 'one-of-a-kind' triple star system that looks like a cosmic embryo (image)

By Keith Cooper published

The unique system features two rare Wolf-Rayet stars, and a supergiant companion that is interrupting the flow of the dust shells that the two Wolf-Rayet stars cast off.

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A blue and red cloud in space with spots for stars with two box outs on the right, the top one showing a green and brown molecule and the bottom showing a pixelated target shape with purple and yellow colors

JWST makes key detection of complex organic molecules around star in galaxy beyond our Milky Way

By Keith Cooper published

The molecules are building blocks of the chemical precursors of things such as RNA.

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A series of six images showing blurry photos with different colors at the top and streaks of light at the bottom

How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope's blurry vision

By Tereza Pultarova published

An ultra-high-resolution instrument on board NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has been suffering from blurry vision. AI helped fix the problem.

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A large planetary nebula. The nebula’s central star is hidden by a blotchy pinkish cloud of dust. A strong red light radiates from this area, illuminating the nearby dust. Two large loops extend diagonally away from the centre, formed of thin ridges of molecular gas, here coloured blue. They stretch out to the corners of the view. A huge number of bright, whitish stars cover the background, also easily visible through the thin dust layers.

James Webb Space Telescope spots the haunting Red Spider Nebula with 3-light-year-long legs

By Monisha Ravisetti published

A new James Webb Space Telescope image showcases the gorgeous Red Spider Nebula against a backdrop of twinkling stars.

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A collage of eight Webb images of gravitational lensing are shown. Each of the images show various distorted galaxies in the centre of each frame, including arcs and circular shapes

JWST compares gravitational lensing | Space photo of the day for Oct. 10, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

A compilation of various images from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the effects of gravitational lensing caused by dark matter.

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Infrared and informed: The ultimate James Webb Space Telescope quiz

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

This quiz is your chance to explore the wonders of the James Webb Space Telescope, from its mind-blowing discoveries to the science behind its design.

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A composite view of spiral galaxy NGC 1637 from the JWST and Hubble telescopes reveals the site of the progenitor star that became SN 2025pht. Insets show a red supergiant star that was invisible to Hubble before its explosion but detected by JWST; Hubble’s July 2025 image captures the brilliant aftermath of the supernova.

JWST spots dust-cloaked 'red supergiant' star just before it went supernova

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Astronomers using JWST have captured the clearest view yet of a doomed red supergiant star just before it exploded, solving a decades-old mystery about why such stars rarely appear to go supernova.

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Researchers have found Neptune-like bands of clouds circling the surface of a brown dwarf, an object in between the size of a planet and a star.

The search for life on Venus just took another turn, thanks to JWST's brown dwarf discovery

By Keith Cooper published

JWST's detection of phosphine on a brown dwarf, also known as a "failed star," could have repercussions for the claimed detection of the molecule on Venus.

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A hazy trail of pink gas is expelled from a bright light representing black hole M87 in the darkness of space with the words "JWST NIRCAM" on the bottom of the image

JWST captures clearest-ever image of M87 galaxy's supermassive black hole jet

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Astronomers using JWST have captured the sharpest infrared view yet of the supermassive black hole jet in M87, offering new insights into its structure and physics.

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JWST delivers 1st weather report of nearby world with no sun — stormy and covered with auroras

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have delivered the first detailed weather report of a nearby rogue world, and it's stormier than expected.

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