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Astronomers discover bizarre 'runaway' planet that's acting like a star, eating 6 billion tons per second
By Elizabeth Howell published
The James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying behavior similar to how stars form. Scientists aren't clear as to why.

'Not so exotic anymore': The James Webb telescope is unraveling the truth about the universe's first black holes
By Jonas Enander published
A peculiar object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope just 700 million years after the Big Bang could reveal the origins of the earliest black holes in the universe, some experts say.

Webb reveals a fiery starburst in the Cigar Galaxy — Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the blazing heart of an iconic nearby galaxy, where rapid star formation and galactic winds light up the cosmos in infrared light.

We sharpened the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away. Here's how.
By Benjamin Pope published
A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.

James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it's what our own might look like one day
By Ben Turner published
This Halloween, the James Webb Space Telescope has served us up a stunning image of the Red Spider Nebula. It could be a glimpse of our solar system will in the distant future.

'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe
By Sophie Berdugo published
While scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling discoveries" to date.

James Webb telescope finds that galaxies in the early universe were much more chaotic than we thought
By Elizabeth Howell published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, finding that galaxies near the dawn of time were much more chaotic than they are today.

James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imaged
By Sophie Berdugo published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared camera, scientists have captured the gigantic jet blasting out of M87* in a new light.

Hidden 'doomed' star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mystery
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have identified a massive red supergiant on the brink of supernova in images from the James Webb Space Telescope, shedding light on a decades-old star mystery.

James Webb telescope could have spotted controversial 'dark stars' in the far universe
By Sophie Berdugo published
Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, astrophysicists have spotted what they say is compelling evidence of a new type of cosmic object called a 'dark star.'
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