NASA’s Webb Telescope receives top space foundation award
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the 2023 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space ...
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Webb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique
In an observational feat of high precision, scientists used a new technique with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to capture ...
James Webb Space Telescope identifies origins of icy building blocks of life
Frozen molecules were central to the origin of life on Earth. In addition to impacts of icy comets and asteroids, ...
Webb unveils dark side of pre-stellar ice chemistry
If you want to build a habitable planet, ices are a vital ingredient because they are the main source of ...
NASA’s Webb uncovers star formation in cluster’s dusty ribbons
NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, is full of mystery. Now, it is less ...
New Webb image reveals dusty disk like never seen before
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the inner workings of a dusty disk surrounding a nearby red dwarf star. ...
NASA’s Webb confirms its first exoplanet
Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope reveals links between galaxies near and far
A new analysis of distant galaxies imaged by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows that they are extremely young and share some ...
James Webb telescope reveals Milky Way-like galaxies in young universe
New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars — elongated ...
Webb Space Telescope reveals previously shrouded newborn stars
HOUSTON – (Dec. 16, 2022) – Rice University astronomer Megan Reiter and colleagues took a “deep dive” into one of ...
Discovering rare red spiral galaxy population from early universe with the James Webb Space Telescope
Spiral galaxies represent one of the most spectacular features in our universe. Among them, spiral galaxies in the distant universe ...
NASA’s Webb catches fiery hourglass as new star forms
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the once-hidden features of the protostar within the dark cloud L1527, providing insight ...
NASA’s Webb draws back curtain on universe’s early galaxies
A few days after officially starting science operations, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope propelled astronomers into a realm of early ...
UCI-led astronomers capitalize on early access to James Webb Space Telescope data
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 14, 2022 – First in line to receive data transmissions from the James Webb Space Telescope, a ...
Webb offers never-before-seen details of early universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was specially designed to detect the faint infrared light from very distant galaxies and give ...
Webb reveals unprecedented glimpse of merging galaxies
Using the James Webb Space Telescope to look back in time at the early universe, astronomers discovered a surprise: a ...
NASA’s Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape – the iconic Pillars of Creation – where ...
Star duo forms ‘fingerprint’ in space, NASA’s Webb finds
A new image shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion locked ...
Webb, Hubble capture detailed views of DART impact
Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a ...
Webb reveals a galaxy sparkling with the universe’s oldest star clusters
TORONTO, ON, CANADA (September 29, 2022) – Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers from the CAnadian NIRISS Unbiased ...