The James Webb Space Telescope

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  Scientists Find Rare X-Ray Source That Could Reveal Truth Behind "Little Red Dots"

  The newly discovered "X-ray dot," officially called 3DHST-AEGIS-12014, is located about 11.8 billion light-years from Earth.

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  NASA's James Webb Telescope Captures Dazzling New Image Of Spiral Galaxy

  At the centre of M77 is an active galactic nucleus, a compact region filled with hot gas that shines brighter than the rest of the galaxy combined.

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  NASA's Webb Telescope Captures Clearest Picture Yet Of Exoplanet Surface

  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope gathered data on a rocky exoplanet with a diameter about 30% larger than Earth - called LHS 3844 b, or Kua'kua.

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  James Webb Telescope Observes Distant Exoplanet That Looks Like Giant Mercury

  Without an atmosphere to shield it, LHS 3844 b is bombarded by stellar radiation and micrometeorites.

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  James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Cosmic Buckyballs in Distant Nebula

  Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped buckyballs in a distant nebula. These complex carbon molecules, arranged in a shell, could offer clues to the chemistry that underpins life in the universe.

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  Uranus’ Outer Rings May Reveal Hidden Moons, Scientists Say

  New observations of Uranus reveal its outer rings contain ice and organic material, suggesting hidden moonlets. The findings offer new clues about the planet’s ring system and the formation of its mysterious satellites.

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  Astronomers Detect Exceptionally High "Alcohol" Levels In Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

  The comet contains higher levels of this simple alcohol than almost all known comets from our solar system.

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  James Webb Telescope Captures Rare Infrared Footprints of Io and Ganymede Inside Jupiter’s Auroras

  Jupiter produces the strongest auroras in the solar system. These features glow brightly around its poles as energetic particles crash into the giant planet's atmosphere. New observations have now revealed that Jupiter's moons can disturb this glowing display in unexpected ways. Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified...

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  NASA’s Webb Telescope Confirms Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Safely Pass the Moon in 2032

  Infrared observations from the James Webb Space Telescope refined the orbit of asteroid 2024 YR4, confirming it will safely pass about 21,200 km above the Moon in December 2032. The new data eliminates earlier estimates that suggested a small chance of a lunar impact.

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  Asteroid 2024 YR4 Won't Collide With Moon In 2032: NASA

  Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered in late 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile, a NASA-funded project.

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  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Confirms Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Not Strike the Moon

  New Webb observations refined asteroid 2024 YR4’s orbit, showing it will safely pass about 21,200 km from the Moon in December 2032. The earlier 4.3% impact probability has now been eliminated.

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  NASA Shares Stunning Image Of Cosmic "Brain" Surrounding Dying Star

  Researchers reported that this nebula is being formed by a star in the final stages of its life, burning its remaining fuel.

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  James Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Infrared View of Exposed Cranium Nebula

  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured remarkably detailed infrared images of PMR 1, known as the “Exposed Cranium,” a planetary nebula roughly 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Vela. The observations reveal a glowing inner “brain” region surrounded by a hydrogen gas shell, divided by a dark lane of ejected material, pro...

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  NASA Captures Stunning Images Of Dying Star That Looks Like Brain

  The latest photo, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, shows a vast cloud of gas and dust.

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  James Webb Telescope Maps Uranus in 3D for the First Time; Data Reveals Hidden Storms, Methane Clouds

  The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, tracking temperatures and ion densities up to 5,000 kilometers above its clouds. The observations reveal bright auroras shaped by the planet’s tilted magnetic field and confirm that Uranus is still slowly cooling over long timescales.