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James Webb telescope finds 'remarkable' evidence that a black hole plowed through a galaxy, leaving an enormous scar behindUsing JWST and ALMA data, astronomers have spotted a superlong and narrow 'galactic contrail,' possibly produced by a black hole. The gas- and dust-rich tail is 20,000 light-years long but just 650 light-years wide.
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The James Webb telescope proves Einstein right, 8 times over — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that Albert Einstein first predicted some 100 years ago.
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James Webb telescope spies a 'farting' dwarf planet with fluorescent gas in the outer solar systemNew observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure if the gas is contained within a wispy atmosphere or being ejected into space.
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Soar through 44 million stars in Gaia telescope's latest 3D map of our galaxy — Space photo of the weekScientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.
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TRAPPIST-1e might have an atmosphere, JWST hintsScientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an important step toward finding a habitable world outside our solar system.
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James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.
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James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the weekThe James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a planet-forming disk within the Taurus star-forming region.
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James Webb telescope spots odd disk around star that could shatter planet formation theoriesAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, challenging prevailing theories.
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James Webb telescope discovers 'exceptionally rare' 5-galaxy crash in the early universeNear-infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed five early universe galaxies merging within a large halo.
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