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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
By Monisha Ravisetti published
SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.

'Impossible' black holes detected by James Webb telescope may finally have an explanation — if this ultra-rare form of matter exists
By Andrey Feldman published
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too big, too fast. New research points to a strange form of dark matter as a possible culprit.

Space photo of the week: James Webb and Hubble telescopes unite to solve 'impossible' planet mystery
By Jamie Carter published
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where planets formed in the early universe.

Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
By Robert Lea published
"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied."

Mysterious 'ice balls' in space baffle astronomers
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.

'Our model of cosmology might be broken': New study reveals the universe is expanding too fast for physics to explain
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New findings risk turning the tension into a crisis, scientists say.

James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black hole
By Stephanie Pappas published
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in observations..

James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest 'truly gargantuan' supernovas ever seen
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar monster 20 times the mass of the sun.

James Webb Space Telescope quiz: How well do you know the world's most powerful telescope?
By Ian Stokes published
The James Webb Space Telescope can look deeper (and earlier) into the cosmos than any telescope before it. How much do you know about this wonder of technology and its incredible findings?
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