Webb’s Ethanol Discovery Fuels Search for Alien Life
Astronomers identified icy compounds made of complex organic molecules like alcohol and likely acetic acid, using Webb’s MIRI instrument, which was managed through launch by…
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.
Astronomers identified icy compounds made of complex organic molecules like alcohol and likely acetic acid, using Webb’s MIRI instrument, which was managed through launch by…
Webb Measurements Shed New Light on a Decade-Long Mystery One of the three scientific justifications to the U.S. Congress for building the Hubble Space Telescope…
An international team used the James Webb Space Telescope to study a protoplanetary disc in the Orion Nebula, revealing how massive stars significantly influence the…
The James Webb Space Telescope makes one of the most unexpected findings within its first year of service: A high number of faint little red…
PEARLSDG, an isolated dwarf galaxy found by the James Webb Space Telescope, defies standard galactic evolution theories by not forming new stars, indicating a need…
Should theories of cold dark matter hold true, the Webb Space Telescope should discover tiny, bright galaxies of early universe For the past year and…
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found an ancient galaxy with halted star formation, raising questions about galaxy life cycles. A galaxy that suddenly…
Research utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope highlights the destructive power of ultraviolet “winds” on the gas in protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars, shedding light…
The enigmatic galaxy GN-z11 is one of the youngest ever observed. Delivering on its promise to transform our understanding of the early universe, the James…
Researchers studying the binary asteroid Mors-Somnus in the Kuiper Belt have used the James Webb Space Telescope to gather unique data on trans-Neptunian objects, offering…
Researchers studying the Orion Nebula with the James Webb Space Telescope have found that massive stars’ ultraviolet radiation prevents the formation of giant planets in…
Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that many distant galaxies in the early universe possess unique flat and elongated shapes, differing…
Researchers image for the first time, winds from an old planet-forming disk which is actively dispersing its gas content. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…
Rutgers astronomer searching for clues about the early universe. Employing massive data sets collected through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a research team led by…
JWST images reveal a supermassive black hole in the early universe, notable for its massive size compared to its host galaxy and obscured by thick…
Data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope suggests that many early galaxies were long and thin, not disk-like or spherical. Columbia researchers analyzing images from…
The discovery of a neutron star in Supernova 1987A illuminates the life cycle of stars and the cosmic origins of essential elements. An international team…
Our understanding of how galaxies form and the nature of dark matter could be completely upended A paper published in Nature details findings using new…