James Webb Space Telescope
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What are the true colors of images from the James Webb Space Telescope?
By Rebecca Sohn published
We explore the true colors of images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to see what the cosmos really looks like.
Stunning light shows on Uranus and Saturn may soon draw James Webb Space Telescope's eye
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope will soon investigate stunning light shows from Uranus and Saturn as two projects look at the auroras of these planets to discover the processes that make them tick.
A new ultrablack coating for telescopes could bring more stars into focus
By Meredith Garofalo published
Next-gen telescopes could see a much clearer picture using a new thin film coating that's incredibly dark.
The James Webb Space Telescope is digging deep into the mysteries of gas planets
By Monisha Ravisetti published
Scientists are slowly getting to the bottom of how some of the universe's most mind-bending worlds came to be.
Speck of light glimpsed by Hubble is truly an enormous old galaxy, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on a mere speck of light seen by Hubble, identifying it as a massive early galaxy that existed just 510 million years after the Big Bang.
James Webb Space Telescope spots the icy building blocks of life swirling around infant stars
By Robert Lea published
Two infant stars are surrounded by swirling clouds that astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found contain icy molecules that could form the building blocks of life.
James Webb Space Telescope complicates expanding universe paradox by checking Hubble's work
By Keith Cooper published
The JWST's findings further scientists' conundrum of having different measurements of the expansion of the universe, which may require new physics to resolve.
Oldest 'dead' galaxy ever seen defies current models of the ancient universe
By Samantha Mathewson published
Astronomers have discovered the oldest known "dead" galaxy in recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, challenging current models of the early universe.
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