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The James Webb Space Telescope just pierced through cosmic dust clouds to capture thousands of newborn stars never seen before. Scientists can now watch massive stars form in real time for the first time in history.
Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to solve a cosmic puzzle about a mysterious object 15 times heavier than Jupiter. The answer reveals how we can finally tell planets and stars apart, even when they're nearly identical in size.
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered how planets 15 times bigger than Jupiter might form, settling a cosmic debate. The breakthrough could explain how the universe's most massive worlds come to exist.
NASA's Webb Telescope just proved that a planet 15 times heavier than Jupiter formed the same way Earth did, rewriting the rules on how massive planets can grow. The discovery shows that giant worlds can build up piece by piece, even when they get enormously heavy.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has picked up an unusual signal from the dawn of time that could reveal secrets about how our universe began. Scientists are calling the discovery potentially groundbreaking for our understanding of cosmic history.
NASA's Webb Space Telescope just solved a cosmic mystery about a planet 15 times heavier than Jupiter. Scientists proved it formed the same way Earth did, rewriting what we thought possible for giant planets.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just confirmed how the universe's heaviest planets are born, settling a long debate among astronomers. The discovery shows that even planets 15 times bigger than Jupiter form the same way Earth did.
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.
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Two groundbreaking space exploration artifacts have found their permanent home at the Smithsonian. The engineering models behind humanity's deepest looks into the universe and closest approach to the sun are now inspiring visitors in Virginia.
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.
Scientists just watched thousands of massive stars being born in a cosmic nursery 17,000 light-years away, thanks to breakthrough images that reveal what was previously invisible. The discovery is teaching us how the universe creates its biggest, brightest stars.
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.
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