James Webb Space Telescope
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James Webb telescope finds 'remarkable' evidence that a black hole plowed through a galaxy, leaving an enormous scar behindUsing JWST and ALMA data, astronomers have spotted a superlong and narrow 'galactic contrail,' possibly produced by a black hole. The gas- and dust-rich tail is 20,000 light-years long but just 650 light-years wide.
By Abha Jain Published
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The James Webb telescope proves Einstein right, 8 times over — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that Albert Einstein first predicted some 100 years ago.
By Jamie Carter Published
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's most enormous star-forming cloud.
By Jamie Carter Published
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The James Webb telescope may have discovered a brand new class of cosmic object: the black hole starUsing the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an extreme version of "little red dots" dubbed "The Cliff." Its light suggests that it could be a never-before-seen class of objects called a "black hole star."
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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'Completely unexplained': James Webb telescope finds strange 'dark beads' in Saturn's atmosphereThe beads appear above a swirling hexagonal jet stream at the gas giant's north pole, and could emerge from interactions between its magnetosphere and atmosphere.
By Ben Turner Published
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Soar through 44 million stars in Gaia telescope's latest 3D map of our galaxy — Space photo of the weekScientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.
By Sophie Berdugo Published
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James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.
By Jamie Carter Published
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JWST finds planet with all-carbon atmosphere orbiting 'black widow' starScientists using the James Webb telescope have spotted an exoplanet orbiting a 'black widow' pulsar in surprising new observations.
By Andy Tomaswick Published
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James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region.
By Jamie Carter Published
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