The Latest Breaking News from JWST

This Super-Hot Exoplanet Is Even Stranger Than We Thought

JWST observations just spotted traces of water vapor, along with clues that suggest a powerful magnetic field, on exoplanet WASP-18b.

Inverse · Jun 1, 2023

Saturn's moon Enceladus is blasting a plume of water 6,000 miles high. Could life be lurking under its icy shell?

The James Webb Space Telescope has found a 6,000 mile-long plume of water squirting into space from Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus, creating a massive watery cloud in the planet's orbit.

Space · Jun 1, 2023

The Euclid spacecraft will transform how we view the 'dark universe'

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid satellite completed the first part of its long journey into space on May 1, 2023, when it arrived in Florida on a boat from Italy.

Space · May 28, 2023

Saturn's rings are disappearing. The James Webb Space Telescope may reveal how much time they have left.

Saturn's rings are disappearing, and we don't know how much longer they will be around. The James Webb Space Telescope may be able to help pin down an answer.

Space · May 2, 2023

Ultraviolet Light Produces A Toxic Gas in This Planet's Hellish Atmosphere

The gas giant's atmosphere is full of water and carbon dioxide -- but it's also super-hot and laced with sulfur dioxide.

Inverse · Apr 27, 2023

Dazzling! Webb Space Telescope Image Shows Bright Galactic Collision

A new Webb Space Telescope image reveals the cores of two spiral galaxies and the starbursts they've left in the wake of their escalating collision.

Inverse · Apr 17, 2023

Why do some James Webb Space Telescope images show warped and repeated galaxies?

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the earliest and most distant galaxies ever spotted by humanity. But why do some of them look so strange and distorted?

Space · Apr 17, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope finds tiny early galaxy packing big star-forming punch

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed a galaxy in the early universe that could be the progenitor of galaxies such as our own Milky Way.

Space · Apr 14, 2023

Look! Gorgeous New Webb Telescope Image Reveals a Supernova in Stunning Detail

The image and the data behind it may help astronomers solve a dusty dilemma.

Inverse · Apr 10, 2023

James Webb telescope discovers the 4 oldest galaxies in the universe, born just 300 million years after the Big Bang

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the four oldest galaxies in the known universe, which are forming stars much faster than thought possible.

LiveScience · Apr 6, 2023