The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

The most powerful telescope in history. The James Webb Space Telescope's "jewel-filled" photos are stunning. From outer space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has given the first ever clear look at a dying star which is over 1,000 light years away from earth in new images.

Launched on December 25, 2021, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is a potent observatory built to conduct in-depth studies of the universe’s oldest galaxies and far-off exoplanets. The ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...

2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...

At the right, that image is combined with data from NASA’s James ... images of Neptune's elusive auroras. "Turns out, actually imaging the auroral activity on Neptune was only possible with Webb ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a giant galaxy that shouldn't exist. Using this exceptionally powerful telescope, a team of researchers were able to peer back in time and observe this ...

The James Webb ... researchers used Webb to directly detect carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of all four of the system's known planets, according to the study. "Webb's new images of two iconic ...

Astronomers have announced that the James Webb Space Telescope has successfully captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide ... solar system formed. But recent research offered compelling ...

Capturing images of Neptune's auroras had remained out of reach until the James Webb ... Excitingly, Webb's data revealed emissions of trihydrogen cation (H₃⁺), one of the most abundant ...