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James Webb telescope reveals hidden past of the Crystal Ball Nebula - Space Photo of the Week
The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula studied since the late 1800s.
James Webb telescope spots Milky Way's long-lost 'twin' near the dawn of time
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The perplexing Milky Way 'twin' dates to 1 billion years after the Big Bang, and appears too big to explain.
The James Webb telescope reveals the truth about a planet that crashed into its own star
Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest something very different, but equally rare, may have happened instead.
Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
The most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the Big Bang.
Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way.
James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance that our moon may be in trouble.
James Webb telescope could find signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds
If such worlds exist, they could be among the most common life-bearing planets in the galaxy.
'Totally unexpected' galaxy discovered by James Webb telescope defies our understanding of the early universe
Scientists studying one of the earliest known galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that the universe's Era of Reionization may have occurred much earlier than previously thought.
James Webb telescope reveals 'cosmic tornado' in best detail ever — and finds part of it is not what it seems
The spectacular image shows a "cosmic tornado" being burped out from a baby star.
'We had less than a 2% chance to find this': James Webb telescope uncovers baffling 'Big Wheel', one of the most massive galaxies in the early universe
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an object they've dubbed 'Big Wheel,' a gargantuan galaxy spinning through the early universe and growing larger by the second.
