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Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first climate maps of Earth-like rocky planets beyond our solar system. The discovery brings researchers one step closer to finding worlds that could support life.
Scientists may have finally spotted the universe's very first stars, born just 400 million years after the Big Bang. The James Webb Space Telescope detected these ancient giants in a tiny companion object near one of the early universe's brightest galaxies.
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the strongest evidence yet for Population III stars, the first generation of stars that illuminated the dark universe. Two independent research teams confirmed the discovery using metal-free chemical signatures from a tiny object near one of the most distant galaxies ever observed.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovered a unique "stingray" galaxy that finally explains one of astronomy's strangest puzzles. Scientists believe these mysterious cosmic objects aren't a new type of galaxy at all, but a brief evolutionary phase every galaxy goes through.
Strange red lights in the young universe puzzled astronomers for years, but new research reveals they're young black holes wrapped in dense gas clouds, not impossibly massive galaxies. The discovery rewrites our understanding of how supermassive black holes grew in the early cosmos.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning images of two planet-forming disks, and one may contain a newborn planet clearing its path through cosmic dust. Scientists are watching planetary birth in real time, 480 light-years away.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just gave us a front-row seat to planet formation, capturing stunning images of two young stars surrounded by the cosmic dust and gas that will become new worlds. These images reveal exactly how planets grow from tiny particles into massive spheres orbiting distant suns.
The James Webb Space Telescope, set to launch in 2018, will peer back 13.4 billion years to reveal the first stars ever formed. Nobel laureate John Mather told Congress this $8.8 billion instrument could rewrite our understanding of the cosmos and help find signs of life on distant planets.
A five-layer parasol thinner than a human hair keeps the James Webb Space Telescope cold enough to see the earliest galaxies in the universe. Without this engineering marvel, none of Webb's breathtaking discoveries would be possible.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble just captured stunning new views of Saturn that reveal atmospheric mysteries scientists have never seen before. Working together, the two telescopes are uncovering secrets of the ringed planet that have been hidden for centuries.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just pulled back the cosmic curtain on W51, revealing thousands of newborn stars that have been hidden behind dust clouds for a million years. Scientists can now study these massive young stars for the first time, unlocking secrets about how the biggest stars in our universe are born.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a tiny star that shouldn't exist, with an atmosphere that challenges everything we thought we knew about how planets form.
The James Webb Space Telescope just revealed that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be 12 billion years old, making it as ancient as the Milky Way itself. This cosmic time capsule offers astronomers a rare glimpse into the chemistry of the early universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope just revealed breathtaking new images of one of our galaxy's most active star-forming regions, showing never-before-seen details of massive stars being born. What scientists discovered in this cosmic nursery could change how we understand the universe's largest stars.
The James Webb Space Telescope just captured the clearest images ever of baby stars being born in the W51 region, seeing through dust clouds that blocked every telescope before it. Scientists can now watch stars form in real time, answering questions about how massive stars shape our universe.
University of Florida researchers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to photograph a cosmic nursery with unprecedented clarity, revealing stars being born right now. The images show the W51 region in a way we've never seen before.
Canadian astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered two "monster" black holes that challenge what we know about galaxy formation. One sits off-center in its galaxy, while the other hides in a galaxy so tiny it shouldn't exist there at all.
University of Florida astronomers just captured the clearest images ever of baby stars forming in the W51 region, revealing thousands of stars previously hidden by cosmic dust. The James Webb Space Telescope's infrared vision is letting scientists finally see how massive young stars grow and shape their neighborhoods.
The James Webb Space Telescope discovered a bizarre world where molten rock vaporizes into the air and one side never sees darkness. This scorching planet is rewriting what scientists thought possible in our universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an unprecedented image of a planet actually forming in real time, just 525 light-years from Earth. Scientists are watching material gather and swirl as a new world assembles itself from cosmic dust.
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