James Webb Space Telescope
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James Webb telescope spots 'failed stars' in a breathtaking cluster near Earth — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about countless stars.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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James Webb telescope confirms a supermassive black hole running away from its host galaxy at 2 million mph, researchers sayJWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Science history: James Webb Space Telescope launches — and promptly cracks our view of the universe — Dec. 25, 2021The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from a launchpad in French Guiana in 2021, before reaching a spot in orbit a million miles away. It soon began breaking cosmology.
By Tia Ghose Published
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James Webb telescope finds supermassive black hole hidden inside 'Jekyll and Hyde' galaxyThe discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James Webb telescope observations reveal.
By Patrick Pester Published
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James Webb telescope may have spotted the earliest supernova in the universeAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been produced by the explosion of a massive star just 730 million years after the Big Bang.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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Rarrr! James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universeResearchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such 'monster stars' might have been the source of ancient supermassive black holes.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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JWST spots a planet chasing its own atmosphere through spaceNew James Webb telescope observations of the 'super-puff' planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet's runaway atmosphere is frantically escaping into space.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest, most distant black hole ever seenThe James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy GHZ2, revealing how the first black holes grew just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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James Webb telescope may have found the first stars in the universe, new study claimsThe James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered Population III stars, the universe's first generation of stars. They may tell us more about how galaxies form.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
