James Webb Space Telescope
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Astronomers discover bizarre 'runaway' planet that's acting like a star, eating 6 billion tons per secondThe 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.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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'Not so exotic anymore': The James Webb telescope is unraveling the truth about the universe's first black holesA 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.
By Jonas Enander Published
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Webb reveals a fiery starburst in the Cigar Galaxy — Space photo of the weekThe 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.
By Jamie Carter Published
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We sharpened the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away. Here's how.A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.
By Benjamin Pope Published
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James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it's what our own might look like one dayThis 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.
By Ben Turner Published
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'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universeWhile scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling discoveries" to date.
By Sophie Berdugo Published
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James Webb telescope finds that galaxies in the early universe were much more chaotic than we thoughtUsing 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.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imagedUsing the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared camera, scientists have captured the gigantic jet blasting out of M87* in a new light.
By Sophie Berdugo Published
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Hidden 'doomed' star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mysteryResearchers 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.
By Patrick Pester Published
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