JWST

JWST Finds the Smallest Free-Floating Brown Dwarf

Star formation is happening all around us in the Universe. However, there is still plenty we don't know about it,…

8 months ago

A Galaxy Only 350 Million Years Old Had Surprising Amounts of Metal

Astrophysicists working with the JWST have found a surprising amount of metal in a galaxy only 350 million years after…

8 months ago

Astronomers Want JWST to Study the Milky Way Core for Hundreds of Hours

To understand the Universe, we need to understand the extreme processes that shape it and drive its evolution. Things like…

9 months ago

Feast Your Eyes on this Star-Forming Region, Thanks to the JWST

Nature is stingy with its secrets. That's why humans developed the scientific method. Without it, we'd still be ignorant and…

10 months ago

The JWST Just Found Carbon on Europa, Boosting the Moon’s Potential Habitability

Most planets and moons in the Solar System are clearly dead and totally unsuitable for life. Earth is the only…

10 months ago

It’s Like Looking at the Infant Sun: Webb Captures Image of an Energetic Young Star

Ever wondered what our young Sun might have looked like in its infancy some five billion years ago? The audacious…

10 months ago

JWST Turns its Gaze on the Farthest Known Star: Earendel

In March 2022, astronomers announced the discovery of the farthest known star via an image taken by the Hubble Space…

12 months ago

JWST Sees Multiple Gravitational Lenses in a Massive Cluster: “The Fishhook” and “The Thin One”

We've been getting plenty of spectacular images from the James Webb Space Telescope since it began operations last year. Fraser…

12 months ago

Jupiter’s Moons Get the JWST Treatment

A pair of studies published in JGR: Planets and Science Advances discuss new findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…

12 months ago

Carbon-Based Molecules Seen Just a Billion Years After the Big Bang

The more astronomers look at the early Universe, the more discoveries they make. Some of those finds change what they…

1 year ago