James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Oldest Star Clusters in the Universe
A team of astronomers used the James Webb Telescope (JWST) to identify the most distant globular clusters ever discovered. These dense groups of millions of stars…
James Webb Space Telescope News
Read the latest news on the James Webb Space Telescope, the large, space-based observatory that will complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. With its 6.5-meter primary mirror, Webb offers longer wavelength coverage and vastly improved sensitivity, allowing it to look further back in time to view the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and to peer inside dust clouds where stars and planets are forming today.
As Never Seen Before: NASA’s Webb Reveals an Exoplanet Unlike Any in Our Solar System
Observations of Exoplanet WASP-39b show fingerprints of atoms and molecules, as well as signs of active chemistry and clouds. WASP-39 b is a planet unlike…
Baffling “Spiderweb” Star Discovered – Is It an Alien Megastructure?
A puzzling image captured by the James Webb Telescope explained. A strange image of the distant star WR140 surrounded by concentric geometric ripples captured by…
NASA’s Webb Explores the Final Frontier: Draws Back the Curtains on an Undiscovered Universe
Webb Telescope’s Infrared Vision Explores the Final Frontier An unexpectedly rich “undiscovered country” of early galaxies that has been largely hidden until now has been…
See the Birth of a New Star: Webb Space Telescope Captures Once-Hidden Features of a Protostar
Webb’s NIRCam Instrument Shows the Beginning of Protostar Evolution NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details surrounding the dark cloud L1527 and its…
A Better Way To Search for Extraterrestrial Life
An airborne chemical sends a distinctive biological signal. Broccoli, along with many other plants and microorganisms, release gases to aid in the removal of toxins. These…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope & SLS Moon Rocket Named TIME Inventions of 2022
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket were named 2022 TIME Inventions of the Year. NASA led the international Webb partnership…
Never-Before-Seen Details of Early Universe from Webb Space Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was specially designed to detect the faint infrared light from very distant galaxies and give astronomers a glimpse at the…
James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI Instrument Restored to Full Functionality
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has four observational modes. After measuring increased friction in one of the grating wheels used…
Webb Space Telescope’s Eerie New View of “Pillars of Creation” Looks Supernatural
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just keeps streaming the hits back to Earth. This time, data from the MIRI mid-infrared instrument onboard JWST shows…
Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Chilling Pillars of Creation
Webb Highlights the Velvet-Like Lining of Dust Throughout This Star-Forming Region, Including Shells Around Actively Forming Stars As seen here, the Pillars of Creation appear…
Galactic Collision: Webb Space Telescope Explores Frenzied Star Formation in Merging Galaxies
This image from the James Webb Space Telescope showcases an entwined pair of interacting galaxies known as IC 1623. It lies approximately 270 million light-years…
Webb Space Telescope’s Captures Incredible Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation
Near-Infrared Light Uncovers Vast Populations of Forming Stars, Many Still Encased in Dust NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera captured this glittering view of…
Webb Space Telescope Discovers Strange Cosmic “Fingerprint”
A new Webb image shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion locked in a celestial dance….
Webb, Hubble Team Up To Trace Interstellar Dust – “We Got More Than We Bargained For”
“We got more than we bargained for by combining data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope!” New data from Webb…
Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes Capture Detailed Views of DART Asteroid Impact
First Time Webb and Hubble Make Simultaneous Observations of the Same Target Two of NASA’s great observatories had a front-row seat to a groundbreaking NASA…
Webb Space Telescope Reveals Richest and Closest Star Nursery
James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of the Orion Nebula, the richest and closest star nursery to our solar system, have just been revealed by…
Incredible New Webb Telescope Image of Neptune Captures Never Seen Ring Details
Webb Space Telescope Infrared Observations Tease Out Never Seen Atmospheric and Ring Details At an average distance of 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers) from…
