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A James Webb Telescope scientist explains what it's like to create the most beautiful space images of our time
Two years ago, NASA unveiled JWST's first space images. Take a look at how image processors turn ra…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Scientists want to build telescopes on the moon for up to $10 billion to see more of the universe than the James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomers want to build giant telescopes on the moon. They're already drafting blueprints and mak…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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New James Webb Space Telescope image shows 45,000 galaxies in unprecedented detail
The James Webb Space Telescope turned its sights on a special region in space, where it has reveale…
Jessica Orwig
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James Webb telescope: How to watch NASA’s largest and most powerful space science telescope launch on Dec 24
The James Webb space telescope could help reveal what the universe looked like 14 billion years …
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The next few weeks for NASA’s James Webb telescope are going to be the most crucial, here’s why
What makes the James Webb unique and also one of the most complicated telescopes in terms of d…
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NASA launches its long-awaited $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, kicking off a cosmic revolution
NASA's biggest space telescope has faced about a decade of delays and budget cuts. It finally screa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch NASA launch its $10 billion, game-changing James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas morning
Webb could revolutionize astronomy by spotting the universe's first galaxies. But the telescope has…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has to unfold itself in space — a nail-biting maneuver NASA's never attempted
Launching NASA's most valuable observatory is stressful enough, but Webb must also unfold itself in…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA’s James Webb telescope ready to arrive at its final destination, L2
The second Lagrange point is an ideal location for an infrared observatory like the Webb because…
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James Webb Space Telescope spots a supermassive black hole in the early universe, much sooner after the Big Bang than scientists can explain
NASA's Webb telescope spotted an active supermassive black hole that existed 570 million years afte…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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A broken clamp rattled NASA's new $10 billion space telescope, risking damage just weeks before launch
NASA pushed back the James Webb Space Telescope's December launch by four days after a clamp broke …
Francis Agustin,Morgan McFall…
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NASA's James Webb telescope to enter final and crucial stage of deploying its tennis court-sized sunshield
NASA began tensioning the first layer of the sunshield on Monday, with the second and third la…
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NASA completes James Webb final deployment — Here’s what’s next for the space telescope
Webb's final destination is called the second Lagrange point or L2 which is located 1.5 million …
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Side-by-side images of Uranus show how NASA's James Webb telescope outclasses Hubble, spotting vivid rings that used to go unseen
The infrared image from the JWST shows Uranus glowing with 11 of its 13 rings visible. It also reve…
Marianne Guenot
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In a single work week, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed
Webb allowed astronomers to see the oldest and most distant galaxy ever spotted. Scientists believe…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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7 Easter eggs in the images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are totally new to astronomy
An astronomer points out hidden sights in NASA's new images, from previously invisible star cluster…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a side view of a galaxy that 'photobombed' a planetary nebula
The telescope, which is 100 times more powerful than Hubble, caught a side view of a far-flung gala…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor on hot, Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a distant star
NASA's new telescope is already peering into the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars. This …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA releases first batch of images from the James Webb Space Telescope, ushering in a new era in space
After decades of development, the James Webb Space Telescope is now capturing light from 400 millio…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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Side-by-side photos show how much more powerful NASA's new James Webb telescope is than Hubble
The James Webb telescope is six times larger and 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Tele…