What was little more than a speck of light for the Hubble Space Telescope has been revealed as one of the oldest galaxies ever discovered — and the finding owes itself to none other than Hubble’s younger sibling: The James Webb Space Telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope international “Glass” […]
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified several of the icy building blocks of life in the gas and dust swirling around two infant stars, or “protostars.” The molecules spotted range from relatively simple molecules like methane to complex compounds like acetic acid and ethanol. Complex organic molecules (COMs) […]
Two spectacular new images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal the stunning and intricate details of a star-birthing region in the Triangulum Galaxy. The James Webb Space Telescope imaged the star-forming region NGC 604, located some 2.7 million light years from Earth, using its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), and […]
In examining a pair of icy asteroids at the edge of the solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists understand the evolution of an ice giant: Neptune. These findings could also help reveal how ancient Earth grew saturated with water, the ingredient that ultimately led to the […]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the agency’s successor to the famous Hubble telescope, launched on Dec. 25, 2021 on a mission to study the earliest stars and peer back farther into the universe’s past than ever before. Webb is currently at its observing spot, Lagrange point 2 (L2), nearly 1 […]
The Space Telescope Science Institute has announced which astronomy proposals have been selected to be given time with the James Webb Space Telescope over the next two years. On Thursday (Feb. 29), the organization outlined 253 General Observers (GO) programs that will use humanity’s most powerful and sensitive space telescope […]
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate a stellar nursery packed with infant stars in the Orion Nebula. The investigation has helped to uncover the effect that radiation from massive stars has on planet formation. The Orion Nebula is a massive complex of gas and dust that […]
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered an “extremely red” supermassive black hole growing in the shadowy, early universe. The red hue of the supermassive black hole, seen as it was around 700 million years after the Big Bang, is the result of the expanding universe. As […]