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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's Webb Space Telescope discovered 3 rare galaxies that can help astronomers study the cosmic dark ages
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted three galaxies forming when the universe was about only 4…
Lloyd Lee,Jessica Orwig
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NASA telescope discovers mysterious hotspot of high-energy particles beyond our galaxy
Gamma rays and ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are filling a huge area of the sky. An astronomer call…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's James Webb telescope spotted a strange 13 billion-year-old galaxy that shouldn't exist
The galaxy could re-write what we know about how dark matter shaped the early universe.
Marianne Guenot
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NASA's James Webb telescope spotted the most distant galaxy in the universe that looks like ours
The latest discovery could upheave our models of the universe and how dark matter influenced galaxy…
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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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke its own record to discover the oldest black hole yet, but it has astronomers even more confused about the beginning of the universe
Webb spotted the oldest black hole ever discovered, breaking its own record. But the black hole is …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's James Webb telescope discovers the earliest strand of a mysterious 'cosmic web' that links galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope spotted a long, narrow filament of ten galaxies that existed 830 mil…
Marianne Guenot
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New photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colors of Earendel, the farthest star ever detected
The star, which appears as a red dot inside a streak in the image, is more than twice as hot as the…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,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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An asteroid was supposed to hit Earth in September — but astronomers can’t seem to find it
An asteroid which was expected to hit the Earth on 9 September 2019 might, not be on its way to E…
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NASA's James Webb telescope spotted two stars crashing into each other so violently it could have created gold in space
The James Webb Space Telescope detected a cosmic phenomenon known as a kilonova, which can create g…
Marianne Guenot
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Supermassive black hole traps six galaxies in a 'spider web' that is 300 times bigger than the Milky Way
This is the first time that such a large number of galaxies have been spotted so close to …
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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-Johnsen
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Hubble vs. Webb: New NASA telescope reveals never-before-seen details from the early universe, within 400 million years after the Big Bang
Astronomers thought Hubble was showing them a single galaxy from the beginning of the universe. But…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is so powerful it discovered sand storms on a planet 235 trillion miles away
NASA's Webb telescope peered at clouds on the distant "super Jupiter" planet, and detected tiny san…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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A stunning photo from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals 3 galaxies colliding
Galaxies merging together create starbursts and supermassive black hole collisions. The new James W…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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…