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James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole in the universe — a cosmic monster 10 million times heavier than the sun
By Ben Turner published
The James Webb Space Telescope detected what may be the oldest known black hole in the universe by deconstructing faint glimmers of light from close to the dawn of time.
James Webb telescope detects light from a small, Earth-like planet — and finds it's missing its atmosphere
By Briley Lewis published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope measured the temperature of the Earth-like planet TRAPPIST-1b and found that it is too hot for humans and likely has no atmosphere.
James Webb telescope spots dust storm raging on a giant planet nearly 20 times the size of Jupiter
By JoAnna Wendel published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed a massive dust storm in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, a 'super-Jupiter' exoplanet located 40 light-years from Earth.
James Webb Space Telescope captures star going supernova in a dazzling cloud of dust
By Sascha Pare published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a picture of WR 124, a rare Wolf-Mayet star 30 times the size of our sun, ejecting a luminous cloud of cosmic dust.
James Webb telescope finds Milky Way's long-lost twin 9 billion years in the past
By Ben Turner published
The light from the distant Sparkler galaxy was spotted in the James Webb Telescope's First Deep Field and could teach us how our own Milky Way devoured other galaxies to grow.
8 times physics blew our minds in 2022
By Ben Turner published
Nuclear fusion, lab-simulated wormholes, and ramming distant asteroids, here are the biggest and best physics stories of the year.
The 10 most jaw-dropping space images of 2022
By Brandon Specktor published
Cosmic cliffs, smiling suns and Martian "polygons" made this year a blast for stargazers everywhere.
James Webb Space Telescope captures 'extraordinary' clouds in the atmosphere of Saturn's alien moon Titan
By JoAnna Wendel published
Studying Titan's clouds will help scientists understand why Saturn's largest moon is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere.
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