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James Webb telescope reveals stunning 'star factory' in glorious new image
By Robert Lea published
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope captured a starburst complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, with stunning results.
James Webb telescope spots bizarre 'cat tail' flowing out of nearby star, and scientists can't fully explain it
By Harry Baker published
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a bizarre string of dust in the shape of a cat's tail around the nearby juvenile star Beta Pictoris.
Mysterious 'Green Monster' lurking in James Webb photo of supernova remnant is finally explained
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A green "Grinch-like" shape in a supernova remnant imaged by the James Webb telescope may have come from a blast debris field, scientists proposed
Space photo of the week: Uranus 'rings' in the New Year in stunning James Webb telescope image
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a stunning new portrait of ice giant Uranus, featuring its frigid rings and 14 of 27 moons.
Editor's pick: The top space stories of 2023
By Brandon Specktor published
Aliens made headlines in 2023, but are we really any closer to finding life beyond Earth? A recap of the best new evidence, and other remarkable stories from the year in space.
After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed?
By Ben Turner published
For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to break cosmology as we know it. Now, on the eve of its second anniversary, a new finding by the James Webb Space Telescope has only entrenched the mystery.
8 stunning James Webb Space Telescope discoveries made in 2023
By Ben Turner published
The oldest ever black holes, a preview of our solar system's gory demise, and a measurement of distant starlight that threatens to bring the standard of cosmology crashing down — here are the JWST's wildest discoveries of 2023.
'It could be profound': How astronomer Wendy Freedman is trying to fix the universe
By Ben Turner published
University of Chicago astronomer Wendy Freedman tells us how she's searching for an answer to the Hubble tension — a discrepancy between measurements of our universe's expansion that could threaten the dominant model of how the universe has grown since the Big Bang.
James Webb telescope finds universe's smallest 'failed star' in cluster full of mystery molecules
By Joanna Thompson published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted what may be the smallest known brown dwarf, a "failed star" that's only three or four times larger than Jupiter.
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