James Webb Space Telescope

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…

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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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

Based on the JWST Controversy, NASA is re-Evaluating the way it Names Spacecraft

In a surprise twist, NASA has suggested it will reexamine its naming policies, due to the controversy surrounding the JWST.

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With JWST Fully Operational Again, we get Images Like This: Saturn’s Moon Titan

The James Webb's mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) is back online, and took a new image of Saturn's largest moon Titan!

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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…

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JWST Detects Signs of Active Chemistry and Clouds in the Atmosphere of Exoplanet WASP-39 b

NASA's JWST data just keeps on delivering amazing discoveries. Back in July, it observed the exoplanet WASP-39 b and found…

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The Latest JWST Image Shows a Star in the Earliest Stage of Formation

What's the most exciting thing about the James Webb Space Telescope? The stunning images? The completion of its torturous path…

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NASA has a Plan to Minimize Future Micrometeoroid Impacts on JWST

Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable part of operating a spacecraft. But after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was hit…

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