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How Trump's budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb

By Monisha Ravisetti Partner Content Created With Space. published

At the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Alaska last month, scientists discussed how Trump's budget cuts could affect operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST.

James Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to explore a cosmic nursery: Space photo of the week

By Jamie Carter published

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which orbits the Milky Way.

Astronomy
A family portrait of galaxies from the CRISTAL survey. Red shows cold gas traced by ALMA’s [CII] observations. Blue and green represent starlight captured by the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes

'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxies

By Robert Lea Partner Content Created With Space. published

Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have revealed the internal structure of the first galaxies in the universe, hinting at how our cosmos took shape.

Whooo's there? James Webb telescope spots rare 'Cosmic Owl'

By Abha Jain published

Located billions of light-years away, the "Cosmic Owl" is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It's also an "exceptional natural laboratory" for studying how galaxies evolve.

Astronomy

James Webb telescope reveals dizzying galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the week

By Shreejaya Karantha published

This unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how the dark matter is distributed.

Astronomy

James Webb telescope discovers tentacled 'jellyfish' galaxy swimming through deep space

By Perri Thaler published

A possible new "jellyfish" galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could deepen our understanding of galaxy evolution and star formation.

Astronomy

Mysterious 'rogue' objects discovered by James Webb telescope may not actually exist, new simulations hint

By Abha Jain published

A new study lends support to the notion that JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary objects) discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2023 may be fiction rather than fact.

Astronomy
Image of the disk surrounding the star TWA 7 recorded using ESO’s Very Large Telescope’s SPHERE instrument. The image captured with JWST’s MIRI instrument is overlayed.

James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size 'shepherd' still glowing red hot from its formation

By Ben Turner published

Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest exoplanet ever detected.

Exoplanets

JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'

By Sharmila Kuthunur Partner Content Created With Space. published

The James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of one of the coldest and oldest known exoplanets.

James Webb telescope ups the odds that 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032

By Brandon Specktor published

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.

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