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Earth 2.0? Astronomers have discovered the nearest-yet potentially-habitable planet with Earth-like temperatures!
In our ongoing search for alien life, astronomers have scoured the cosmos, longing for a connection…
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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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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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NASA's James Webb and X-ray telescopes combine powers to discover the most distant black hole ever in a rare state of infancy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found the most distant black hole ever growing near the dawn of t…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers Jupiter has a jet stream whipping around the planet at 320 mph, twice as fast as Earth's fiercest hurricanes
NASA scientists have discovered a 3,000-mile-wide jet stream around Jupiter's equator, thanks to th…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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10 times NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted something Hubble missed
With its infrared gaze, the James Webb Space Telescope can capture galaxies, planets, moons, and au…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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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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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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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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James Webb telescope instrument goes super-cold to see the birth of the first galaxies
Along with Webb's telescope, three other instruments were cooled off by Webb’s Mid-Infrared Inst…
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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 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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Spectacular new photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a star being born
The protostar L1527 was spotted spewing an hourglass-shaped beam of material on surrounding cosmic …
Marianne Guenot
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New James Webb telescope photo of a galaxy cluster 6 billion light years away shows a trippy phenomenon where gravity warps spacetime
One of the galaxies captured by Nasa's James Webb Telescope includes a galaxy known as the Cosmic S…
Hannah Getahun
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NASA successfully completes unfolding of James Webb space telescope, which has been hailed as a groundbreaking achievement
The US space agency fully deployed its James Webb Telescope, including a gold-plated hexagonal mirr…
Zahra Tayeb
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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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Side-by-side Jupiter images show James Webb's infrared prowess. It spots auroras, rings, and faint galaxies Hubble can't see clearly.
Webb's new images of Jupiter showcase its auroras, rings, and extremely faint galaxies, which Hubbl…