Photo Release: First of its kind detection made in striking new Webb image
For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to image directly has been captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam). In this stunning image...
View ArticleScience Release: Webb captures star clusters in Cosmic Gems arc
An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover gravitationally bound star clusters when the Universe was 460 million years old. This is the first...
View ArticleScience Release: Astronomers find surprising shapes in Jupiter’s upper...
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed the region above Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot to discover a variety of previously unseen features. The region, previously...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Vivid portrait of interacting galaxies marks Webb’s second...
A duo of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142 commemorates the second science anniversary of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their ongoing interaction was set in motion between 25 and 75...
View ArticleScience Release: Webb images cold exoplanet 12 light-years away
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. While there were hints that the planet...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Webb peers into the Extreme Outer Galaxy
Within the Milky Way’s outskirts is a firecracker show of star formation. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has examined the fringes of our Milky Way galaxy and Webb’s near- and mid-infrared...
View ArticlePhoto Release: Webb provides another look into galactic collisions
An interaction between an elliptical galaxy and a larger spiral galaxy, collectively known as Arp 107, seems to have given the spiral a happier outlook thanks to the two bright ‘eyes’ and the wide...
View ArticleScience Release: Webb finds potential missing link to first stars
Looking deep into the early universe with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its...
View ArticleScience Release: Webb finds candidates for first young brown dwarfs outside...
An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first rich population of brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602.
View ArticlePhoto Release: Webb and Hubble examine spooky galaxy pair
Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly ‘stare’ of their searing eye-like cores shines out into the supreme cosmic...
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