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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is known for looking deep into the universe with an unprecedented level precision and sensitivity. But its images aren't only scientifically useful — they're ...

JWST discovers supernova AT 2023adsv, dated to 11.4 billion years ago Early massive stars produced more energetic explosions than modern star Findings offer insights into the first stars and early ...

Originally known as the "Next Generation Space Telescope," the telescope was somewhat controversially named after James E. Webb, one of NASA's early administrators. Webb ran NASA from 1961 to 1968 ...

Life as we know it is based on carbon chemistry, and now the James Webb Space Telescope may have shown where much of that carbon originates. The discovery is thanks to shells of carbon dust ...

is a next-generation space observatory that will be used to complement and outdo the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It has been equipped with cutting-edge instruments and will keep humankind ...

Since its launch on Christmas Day, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has proven its worth year after year. 2024 is no exception. Here are just five times the ultrapowerful telescope has ...

Of all the mysteries that the massive James Webb Space Telescope has seen so far in the early universe, among the strangest are objects that astronomers now call "little red dots." Like the ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a sprinkling of stars in the Leo P dwarf galaxy, located about 5 million light years away in the constellation Leo. Their blue appearance shows ...

Of all the mysteries that the massive James Webb Space Telescope has seen so far in the early universe, one of the strangest are objects that astronomers now call "little red dots." Like the nickname ...