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James Webb Telescope’s Newest Find Suggests We’ve Misunderstood The Universe
This might be the only time that a mistake in understanding is considered exciting.
James Webb Space Telescope Finds Tentative Evidence Of ‘Signs Of Life’ On Faraway Planet
NASA has indicated that the James Webb Space Telescope may have detected a molecule in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet, which on Earth is only produced by life.
Must Watch: James Webb Space Telescope Docuseries On Netflix Shoots For The Stars [Video]
If you’re a fellow space-geek, the four-part Netflix docuseries Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine should be entering your personal orbit.
NASA Drops Awesome Image Of Star Nursery In Celebration Of JWST’s First Year Of Science
“Our own Sun experienced a phase like this long ago, and now we have the technology to see the beginning of another’s star’s story.”
Time To Feel Small Again – Webb Telescope Stares Deeply Into The Starry Heart Of A Galaxy Far, Far, Far Away [Video]
Feeling small is nice if you just go with it and pretend you’re an atom being sucked into the void, without bills or adult friendships to worry over.
James Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Moment Of A Dying Star [Images]
Supernovas have been captured before. But the singular moment right before the star dies has never been seen before the way it has now.
“It’s Bananas” – JWST Found Small Red Dot Shaking Up Understanding Of Galaxy Formation
While scanning a region of the cosmos near the Big Dipper, a group of astronomers identified something that has pretty much blown their minds.
Neptune’s Ring Has Never Been Seen In Such Detail Before
We’ve only ever seen this icy giant in great detail when NASA’s Voyager 2 became the first and only space probe to fly past it for just a few hours in 1989.
The James Webb Telescope Is At It Again
The latest showcase is of the Orion Nebula, a star nursery located 1 350 light-years from Earth in the Orion constellation, now revealed in incredible detail.
James Webb Space Telescope Captures Cosmic Tarantula [Images]
Being 161 000 light-years away was no problem for the highly sensitive James Webb Space Telescope, which captured the cosmic arachnid in stunning detail.
James Webb Space Telescope Nails The Phantom Galaxy
The remarkable gold-plated, infrared eyes have been capturing far-flung galaxies as well as shedding light on a bevvy of scientific questions and concerns.
It’s Impossible Not To Feel Tiny While Zooming In On The Cartwheel Galaxy [Video]
While seeing the Cartwheel Galaxy in such clear light is impressive, a new video released by the European Space Agency shows just how incredibly far away it actually is.
James Webb Space Telescope Sheds New Light On Incredible Cartwheel Galaxy [Images]
JWST has peered into deep space again with its infrared gaze and discovered the “stellar gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy”.
Power Of The James Webb Space Telescope Summed Up In A Single GIF
The JWST views light in the infrared spectrum – on Earth, we can feel infrared light as heat – which allows the instrument to see far, far more of the universe.
Astronomers Pinpoint Incredible Discoveries Via James Webb Space Telescope [Images]
Sifting through the public James Webb Space Telescope datasets, stargazers across the planet have been hard at work.
The James Webb Space Telescope Encounters Its First Major Problem
It turns out that all those lovely golden mirrors on the miraculous James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are quite vulnerable to being damaged by space rocks.
Latest Round Of Incredible Images From James Webb Space Telescope
The first image was shown to the world on Monday, but little did we know that NASA would be releasing other amazing photos from the first batch throughout yesterday.
Here It Is: First Image From $10 Billion James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope shows us a version of the universe that is chock-a-block with galaxies, some ranging back to an unimaginable time.