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James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region.

Will the James Webb telescope finally lead us to alien life?
By Brandon Specktor published
Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for alien life more than any machine before it. What will it find next?

James Webb telescope spots odd disk around star that could shatter planet formation theories
By Elizabeth Howell published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, challenging prevailing theories.

'Butterfly Nebula' spreads its wings in dazzling new James Webb telescope image
By Brandon Specktor published
In a dazzling new photo, the James Webb Space Telescope zooms in on the Butterfly Nebula — the dying gasps of one of the hottest stars in the sky, which could hold clues to Earth's origins.

James Webb telescope images reveal there's something strange with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
By Patrick Pester published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made its first observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing that the comet appears to be unusually rich in carbon dioxide.

James Webb telescope pinpoints brightest FRB ever detected
By Brandon Specktor published
Astronomers using the James Webb telescope alongside Canada's CHIME telescope have pinpointed the origin of one of the brightest blasts of radio energy ever detected in Earth's skies.

Asteroids Bennu and Ryugu may be long lost siblings, JWST hints
By Harry Baker published
New data from the James Webb telescope suggests that Bennu and Ryugu — two asteroids recently visited by sample-return missions — are both fragments of a single massive "parent".
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