'Like nothing we've seen before': James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid lurking past Jupiter
The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids.
Asteroid-comet chimera Chiron has an unusual ice mix, James Webb Space Telescope finds
An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the solar system.
James Webb Space Telescope best images of 2024
The galaxy filling the frame in this NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month is NGC 2566, a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Puppis. The image combines observations from two of Webb's instruments,
James Webb Telescope Unveils the Icy Secrets of Our Solar System’s Birth
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have revolutionized our understanding of the solar system's formation with groundbreaking findings on Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) and centaurs. Utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope,
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here’s what the James Webb telescope has found in just 3 years
On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space. It took 30 years to build,
James Webb Telescope Uncovers a Mind-Bending Hybrid of Asteroid and Comet Defying All Expectations
The vast expanse of space often feels like a puzzle, with celestial objects serving as pieces that hold clues to the universe’s origins. Among these, Chiron, a rare hybrid between an asteroid and a comet,
What James Webb found in 3 years
It took 30 years to build JWST, but in a short span, this telescope has already revolutionised our view of the cosmos ...
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James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast
Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...
James Webb Reveals How Supermassive Black Holes Sculpt the Universe’s Largest Galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a group of massive galaxies, located about 11 billion light-years away, that have ...
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James Webb Space Telescope: 4K Mind-Boggling View Of 'Exploded Star'
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant ...
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Webb mail: US Priority Mail stamps to again star deep space images in 2025
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James Webb telescope spies stunning 'Firefly Sparkle' galaxy — a baby clone of the Milky Way being 'assembled brick by brick' in the early universe
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ...
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Starship catch to private spacewalk: 11 historic space achievements of 2024
With 2024 coming to a close, we look at the biggest space achievements of the year from NASA, SpaceX, China, and more.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of ‘cosmic eye’ spiral galaxy. It sits 76,000,000 light years away from Earth
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spiral galaxy designated as NGC 2566, at a distance of 76 million years in the ...