James Webb Space Telescope
JWST Pioneer Passes Along Advice for Future Space Telescope Builders
After a quarter-century of development, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is a smashing success. But senior project scientist John Mather,…
The James Webb Links Modern Green Pea Galaxies to Ancient Galaxies in the Cosmic Dawn
When the James Webb Space Telescope lifted off from Earth on Christmas Day in 2021, it carried a lot of…
New JWST Image Shows That Grand Spiral Galaxies had Already Formed 11 Billion Years ago
For the first time this week, photos from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed that stellar bars were present…
For the First Time, Astronomers Spot Stars in Galaxies that Existed Just 1 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Using data from the JWST, an international team of astronomers have made the first observations of stars in quasars that…
Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Find a Pair of Waterworld Exoplanets
Using data from Hubble and Spitzer, an international team has discovered two new waterworlds in one system.
JWST Sees Furious Star Formation in a Stellar Nursery
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope is a mighty technological tool. Astrophysicists first conceived it over 20 years ago, and…
Webb Completes its First “Deep Field” With Nine Days of Observing Time. What did it Find?
About 13 billion years ago, the stars in the Universe's earliest galaxies sent photons out into space. Some of those…
New Images of Titan From JWST and Keck Telescopes Reveal a Rare Observation
Planetary scientists have greatly anticipated using the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared vision to study Saturn’s enigmatic moon Titan and…
Gaze Slack-jawed at the Haunting Beauty of Galaxy NGC 1566, Captured by JWST, Processed by Judy Schmidt
Here's an absolutely stunning new view from the James Webb Space Telescope of a dusty spiral galaxy, NGC 1566. Amateur…
NASA's Report Details a Dark Time in American History but Finds no Direct Evidence That Webb Fired People for Their Sexual Orientation
NASA has released its James Webb History Report, which explains why they are not changing the name of their flagship…