James Webb Space Telescope

Here's How You Could Get Impossibly Large Galaxies in the Early Universe

A study by an Israeli team of astronomers offers a solution to the "impossibly massive" galaxies Webb observed.

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JWST Spies a Gigantic Water Plume at Enceladus

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a huge water vapor plume emanating from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Astronomers say the…

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Chandra and JWST Join Forces in a Stunning Series of Images

NASA scientists have combined data from the James Webb and Chandra observatories to create stunning series of images.

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Webb Examined an Asteroid Belt and Found More Than it Bargained For

One of the things astronomers would love to see is planets forming around other stars. That would help us understand…

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JWST Tries to Untangle the Signals of Water. Is it Coming From the Planet or the Star?

Using Webb, a team of scientists may have detected water vapor in a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere (though the signal may…

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JWST’s MIRI Instrument is Having Problems Again

Last week, NASA shared a blog post saying they detected a sensor glitch associated with the James Webb Space Telescope’s…

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JWST Sees a Galaxy Cluster Coming Together in the Early Universe

One of the James Webb Space Telescope’s science goals is to help cosmologists understand how the first galaxies and galaxy…

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The Rings of Uranus Shine Bright in Stunning New JWST Image

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning new image of the ice giant world Uranus. But what stands…

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This JWST Image Shows Gravitational Lensing at its Finest

The latest image release from the James Webb Space Telescope shows another beautiful field filled with galaxies and gravitational lenses

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Finally, JWST's Data on the First TRAPPIST-1 Planet. Survey Says? It Sucks

With the James Webb Space Telescope’s ability to detect and study the atmospheres of distant planets orbiting other stars, exoplanet…

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