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'Like nothing we've seen before': James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid lurking past Jupiter
The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids.
Asteroid-comet chimera Chiron has an unusual ice mix, James Webb Space Telescope finds
An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the solar system.
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here’s what the James Webb telescope has found in just 3 years
The James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating three years from its launch. Its discoveries have already changed our understanding of the early universe.
James Webb Space Telescope best images of 2024
The galaxy filling the frame in this NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month is NGC 2566, a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Puppis. The image combines observations from two of Webb's instruments,
Pillars of Creation Seen In 4K Via James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the iconic Pillars of Creation and the view is spectacular! Travel 6,500 light-years away in this zoom into the epic new imagery. Also, see a comparison with the Hubble Space Telescope's view.
James Webb Telescope Uncovers a Mind-Bending Hybrid of Asteroid and Comet Defying All Expectations
The vast expanse of space often feels like a puzzle, with celestial objects serving as pieces that hold clues to the universe’s origins. Among these, Chiron, a rare hybrid between an asteroid and a comet,
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James Webb Space Telescope: 4K Mind-Boggling View Of 'Exploded Star'
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant ...
James Webb Reveals How Supermassive Black Holes Sculpt the Universe’s Largest Galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a group of massive galaxies, located about 11 billion light-years away, that have ...
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James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast
Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...
New galaxies to distant planets: The James Webb Space Telescope's impact on astronomy
Three years ago, the world's largest and most powerful telescope was sent into space with an ambitious mission. Its task was ...
Sleeping Monster of the Early Universe Revealed by James Webb
Astronomers have discovered a massive dormant black hole from the early universe, just 800 million years after the Big Bang, ...
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James Webb space telescope offers best glimpse ever into the icy planetesimals of the early solar system
New studies led by researchers at the University of Central Florida offer for the first time a clearer picture of how the ...
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Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra spot a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' sparkling in the galaxy next door
There's a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' hanging in the Small Magellanic Cloud, the James Webb and Chandra telescopes revealed in ...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of ‘cosmic eye’ spiral galaxy. It sits 76,000,000 light years away from Earth
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spiral galaxy designated as NGC 2566, at a distance of 76 million years in the ...