James Webb Space Telescope
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James Webb telescope captures never-before-seen glimpse of 'Centaur' galaxy's battle wounds — Space photo of the weekSpace Photo of the Week A JWST image of the nearby Centaurus A galaxy reveals star dust, collision scars and the fingerprint of a black hole.
By Jamie Carter Published
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James Webb telescope reveals largest-ever map of the universe's megastructuresUsing the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have created the most detailed map of the cosmic web ever.
By Ivan Farkas Published
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Hubble telescope spots 'impossible' light from a galaxy that shouldn't have been visibleResearchers say the surprising discovery of the faraway galaxy MXDFz4.4 could help explain how the cosmos went from opaque to transparent billions of years ago.
By Olivia Maule Published
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James Webb telescope detects 'galaxy-killing wind' near the dawn of timeNew observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that ancient galaxies lived fast and died young because of intense, collision-driven winds.
By Ivan Farkas Published
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James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation in the Sword of OrionSpace Photo of the Week A new James Webb telescope snap shows off the glowing gas, sculpted jets and newborn stars lurking within the giant cosmic cloud OMC-2, located in the Sword of Orion.
By Jamie Carter Published
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James Webb telescope detects most distant dormant black hole ever, invisible in all wavelengths of lightJWST found a black hole hiding in a galaxy more than 10 billion light-years away from Earth, and used a cosmic magnifying glass to determine its mass.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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'Astonishing': James Webb telescope spots the most chemically primitive galaxy in the ancient universeThe James Webb telescope peered into an ancient spot of light, and found it to be the most metal-poor galaxy in the early universe.
By Matthew Williams Published
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Controversial 'JuMBO' planets discovered by James Webb telescope may not be an illusion after allTwo pairs of "rogue" Jupiter-size, planet-like objects have been found in a large star-forming region in the Milky Way, a new study claims. The findings suggest the weird objects actually do exist, and are not an illusion.
By Abha Jain Published
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James Webb telescope discovers 'naked' black hole that somehow formed before its own galaxyAstronomers weighed a black hole in a "little red dot" discovered by the James Webb telescope. They found it to be so overmassive that it may have formed before its host galaxy had a chance to develop.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
