Biting the 'Bullet': Amazing new JWST photo shows titanic collision of galaxy clusters It's another step on the road to one day discovering what dark matter could be. Space · Jul 4, 2025
JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date' The James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of one of the coldest and oldest known exoplanets. Space · Jun 14, 2025
James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe Astronomers unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope's largest view yet of the early universe in a richly detailed catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies. Space · Jun 5, 2025
'Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again, discovering the "mother of all early galaxies," a record-breaking distant object that existed just 280 billion years after the Big Bang. Space · May 30, 2025
James Webb Space Telescope discovers an alien planetary system's icy edge The presence of water-ice in the debris disk around a young star could have helped facilitate the growth and development of exoplanets. Space · May 19, 2025
Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way. LiveScience · Apr 6, 2025
JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel' Scientists have uncovered a massive galaxy that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. But how did this colossal "Big Wheel" form so early in the universe? The answer could change everything we know about galaxy growth. Space · Apr 4, 2025
James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032 The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance that our moon may be in trouble. LiveScience · Mar 31, 2025
James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of 'failed stars' in the Flame Nebula The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for "failed stars" to better understand how brown dwarfs form and evolve. Space · Mar 14, 2025
SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video) The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 11 at 11:10 p.m. EST (0209 March 12 GMT). Space · Mar 12, 2025
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious 'light echo' in the broken heart of Cassiopeia Beautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead star in Cassiopeia. LiveScience · Feb 23, 2025
NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do. Space · Jan 31, 2025
3 years of James Webb Space Telescope data on alien worlds now available online The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the study of exoplanets, worlds beyond the solar system. Space · Jan 24, 2025
Are James Webb Space Telescope images really so colorful? How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from? Space · Jan 16, 2025
Space · Jan 15, 2025 James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: 'This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem' The James Webb Space Telescope's ancient "little red dot" galaxies have been seen as a sign of "broken cosmology." Feeding supermassive black holes may have come to the rescue.
Space · Jan 2, 2025 James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped.
The Conversation · Dec 24, 2024 From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here’s what the James Webb telescope has found in just 3 years On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space.
LiveScience · Dec 19, 2024 James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped.
LiveScience · Dec 15, 2024 James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward Earth Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Salon · Dec 9, 2024 James Webb challenges cosmic theories New research using clearer images from JWST are further complicating the so-called Hubble tension
Space · Dec 9, 2024 'Our understanding of the universe may be incomplete': James Webb Space Telescope data suggests we need a 'new cosmic feature' to explain it all 'Hubble was right!' The largest cosmic survey from the James Webb Space Telescope indicates scientists may need another ingredient in their cosmic recipe.
LiveScience · Nov 19, 2024 James Webb telescope uncovers 1st-ever 'Einstein zig-zag' hiding in plain sight — and it could help save cosmology A new JWST study has revealed the true origins of a luminous quasar that has been duplicated six times as its light "zig-zags" through space-time via a phenomenon first predicted by Albert Einstein. The unusual light show could help tackle one of cosmology's biggest problems, experts claim.
Salon · Oct 8, 2024 James Webb telescope a gift to humanity Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel explained why government investments have made great scientific discoveries possible
The Hindu · May 14, 2024 Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? The JWST’s is so big that it can “see” the faintest and farthest galaxies and stars in the universe.
Space · Apr 4, 2024 The James Webb Space Telescope has solved a lot of puzzles, and created a few more Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the 2024 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate surrounded the James Webb Space Telescope's scientific revolution.