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![A sampling of thousands of galaxies of varying ages observed by the James Webb Space Telescope](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ynDG7UZbEpppZ2ZoZyCS4T-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope discovers the 4 oldest galaxies in the universe, born just 300 million years after the Big Bang
By Briley Lewis published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the four oldest galaxies in the known universe, which are forming stars much faster than thought possible.
![A side-by-side image of X-ray and optical data showing what appears to be an active black hole hidden at the center of a distant, dusty galaxy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TxYE3TLotZV6GfdEQ3c2C-320-80.jpg)
Hundreds of dusty black holes found hiding in plain sight
By Adam Mann published
Astronomers detected 400 previously unknown black holes in a new X-ray survey of dusty galactic centers.
![This image — a mosaic of 690 individual frames taken with the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope—covers an area of sky about eight times as large as Webb’s First Deep Field Image released on July 12. It’s from a patch of sky near the handle of the Big Dipper.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EPwZuZxhUYJH6mjz4qPn2M-320-80.jpg)
Webb telescope turns up baffling views of the early universe
By Adam Mann published
New results from the James Webb Space Telescope challenge prevailing models of the early universe.
![Astronomers have created a colorful, wedge-shaped map showing the locations of more than 200,000 galaxies and quasars spanning from the Milky Way all they way to the Big Bang.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B6M58dBTBrEXZYpDnMjtJo-320-80.jpg)
New interactive map of the universe is a rainbow-colored slice of cosmic pie
By Harry Baker published
Astronomers have created a colorful interactive map of more than 200,000 galaxies and quasars spanning the lifespan of the cosmos.
![Active regions on the Sun combined to look something like a jack-o-lantern’s face on Oct. 8, 2014.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FAJK9frBZ2NuQt4GY2JMYL-320-80.jpg)
What is the largest known star in the universe? (What about the smallest?)
By Isobel Whitcomb published
The big stars make our sun look puny.
![A white swirl of charged gases detach from Comet Leonard's tail in December 2021. This image took top prize in the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nSbh3dms5M7wy6g5NAWiji-320-80.jpg)
Blazing comet tail is whipped by solar winds in astonishing astronomy photo
By Stephanie Pappas published
A never-to-be-seen-again view of Comet Leonard took top prize at the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.
![A near-perfect Einstein ring from the galaxy JO418.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DaATrgRhT8HyQqfpEJnHPT-320-80.jpg)
Stunningly perfect 'Einstein ring' captured by James Webb Space Telescope
By Harry Baker last updated
A new image using data collected by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows off one of the most perfect "Einstein rings" ever captured.
![This engineering image captured by the Fine Guidance Sensor reveals the deepest view of the universe in infrared light to date. The false-color image reveals a handful of stars and hundreds of galaxies scattered across the distant universe.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aonPTMifYsCYvFe6Qwevyd-320-80.jpg)
New James Webb Space Telescope test image reveals deepest ever glimpse into the infrared universe
By Tereza Pultarova published
An engineering image acquired during testing of one of James Webb Space Telescope's instruments reveals hundreds of distant galaxies in the deepest ever glimpse into the infrared universe.
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