The Latest Breaking News from Webb

Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analyzed the data said Wednesday. Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy dates back to 300 million years after the Big…

The telescope’s development process cost $10 billion over 17 years.

One of the James Webb Space Telescope's mirror segments suffered unexpected damage from a piece of space dust. Will there be more?

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JWST will look at Gliese 486 b — too hot to sustain life, but which could bear an atmosphere.

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“The telescope works, and it works brilliantly. Our knowledge about the universe is about to take a giant leap forward,” said Jacob Bean, a University of Chicago astronomy professor.

There's a whole lot going on under the hood of the five images that dropped this week

The James Webb Space Telescope's first images aren't just breathtaking -- they contain a wealth of scientific insights and clues that researchers are eager to pursue. Here are some of the things scientists now hope to learn, AFP said. - Into the deep - Webb's first image, released Monday, delivered…

Today we saw the release of the first batch of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This is something we have both been waiting on for nearly 25 years. Back in those days, we were analysing the first Hubble images of the distant universe, and the details they…

Images of galaxy clusters, deep fields, dying stars, birthing stars, and exoplanet spectra electrified the astronomy community Tuesday.