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A composite near- and mid-infrared JWST image of the Southern Ring Nebula

'We were amazed': Scientists find hidden structure in nebula captured by James Webb telescope

By Keith Cooper published

Submillimeter wavelength radio observations of the Southern Ring Nebula have identified that it's actually a double ring, shaped by the interactions of three stars.

Astronomy
I Zwicky 18 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in Ursa Major.

Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals surprising starburst in ancient galaxy

By Jamie Carter published

New infrared observations from the James Webb Space Telescope unveil a galaxy far, far away that's creating new stars.

Astronomy
James Webb Space Telescope in outer space.

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.

Space
A 2 week observation through the optic eye of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory revealed this sturning explosion occurring in the super massive black hole at the Milky Way's center, known as Sagittarius A or Sgr A*. Huge lobes of 20-million degree Centigrade gas ( red loops in image) flank both sides of the black hole and extend over dozens of light years indicating that enormous explosions occurred several times over the last 10 thousand years.

Mysterious 'fountain of youth' near Milky Way's central black hole is full of newborn stars that shouldn't exist

By Briley Lewis published

New James Webb Space Telescope observations might be able to explain why clusters of young stars keep turning up near the Milky Way’s central black hole.

Astronomy
Illustration of active galactic nucleus.

James Webb telescope reveals the universe may have far fewer active black holes than we thought

By Briley Lewis published

Almost every galaxy in the universe has a supermassive black hole at its center. So why is it so hard to find young black holes actively feeding?

Black Holes
A star shines in the middle of a purple cloud of cosmic dust.

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.

Space Exploration
The footage of the collision as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

DART asteroid collision captured by Hubble and James Webb telescopes

By Ben Turner published

This is the very first time humans have ever intentionally collided a spacecraft with an asteroid

Space Exploration
The spiral galaxy IC 5332

James Webb telescope reveals the 'bones' of a distant galaxy in stunning new image

By Ben Turner published

The new image will be compared to an older one captured by Hubble to help scientists learn more about the structure and composition of spiral galaxies

Space Exploration
distant exoplanet in a field of stars

James Webb telescope captures its first-ever direct image of an exoplanet

By Jamie Carter published

The faraway 'super-Jupiter' is the first exoplanet to be photographed in infrared light.

Space Exploration
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail.

See the deepest image ever taken of our universe, captured by James Webb Telescope

By Ben Turner last updated

The telescope's infrared-detecting capabilities enabled it to peer back to the earliest stages of the young universe.

Space Exploration
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