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The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula ...
The telescope may operate for 20 years, and it's off to a good start. Let's take a look at the best of Webb so far. Here, in no particular order, are 35 of the best Webb images we've seen to date. 1.
Take a tour of the amazing Ring Nebula image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Institute for ...
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it anyway. Here's what it found.
The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright ...
Despite the sometimes adverse consequences these mergers can bring, they’re also gorgeous, as showcased in a recent Webb image capturing the merger ARP 220. The new image, captured by the James ...
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows thousands of glittering galaxies that it spied by peering through ...
In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected molecules in K2-18b's atmosphere that are associated with life on Earth. Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in England announced ...
Astronomers have detected possible biosignature gases, including dimethyl sulfide (DMS), in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Located in the habitable ...
To see that, look no further than the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which recently turned its gaze toward a planetary nebula called NGC 1514. According to NASA ...