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'Exposed Cranium' leaks its gory secrets in new James Webb telescope images: Space photo of the weekNASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals new infrared images of the brain-shaped "Exposed Cranium" nebula, the final stages of a dying star.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Astronomers spot 'time-warped' supernovas whose light both has and hasn't reached EarthWill two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them to 'reappear'.
By Ivan Farkas Published
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James Webb telescope breaks own record, discovering farthest known galaxy in the universeThe James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.
By Skyler Ware Last updated
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'A real revolution': The James Webb telescope is upending our understanding of the biggest, oldest black holes in the universeFor years, the James Webb Space Telescope has been spotting enormous black holes in the early universe that defy all expectations. Now, astronomers are finally deciphering the origins of these cosmic behemoths.
By Adam Mann Published
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James Webb telescope discovers earliest Type II supernova in the known universeAn extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
By Skyler Ware Published
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James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a supermassive black holeThe James Webb Space Telescope snapped its sharpest image of the area around a black hole, solving a long-standing galactic mystery.
By Ivan Farkas Published
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James Webb telescope saw black holes emerging from 'cocoons' near the dawn of timeThe gaseous cocoons surrounding "little red dots" hint at their true nature, a new James Webb telescope study hints.
By Skyler Ware Published
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James Webb telescope spies a monstrous molecular cloud shrouded in mystery — Space photo of the weekIn this James Webb telescope image, the gigantic molecular cloud near our galaxy's center appears as a canvas of pink and purple clouds set against a shadowy backdrop.
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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James Webb telescope finds supermassive black hole hidden inside 'Jekyll and Hyde' galaxyThe discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James Webb telescope observations reveal.
By Patrick Pester Published
