Day 12 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
This mid-infrared image of colliding galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 from the James Webb Space Telescope shows two large ...
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'We know so little': Bizarre 'runaway' planets discovered by James Webb telescope may be failed stars in disguise
A new theory explains how dozens of mysterious planet pairs discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, dubbed "JuMBOs," ...
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James Webb Space Telescope finds smallest asteroids ever seen between Mars and Jupiter
By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exoplanet data, a team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny ...
NASA's James Webb Telescope Reveals Universe Expanding Faster Than Thought
The rate of expansion of the universe today is a figure known as the Hubble constant, which is typically measured in units of ...
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'Our understanding of the universe may be incomplete': James Webb Space Telescope data suggests we need a 'new cosmic feature' to explain it all
"The discrepancy between the observed expansion rate of the universe and the predictions of the standard model suggests that ...
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'Eight billion bucks or bust': From pirates to 'stupid mistakes' — the wild story of how James Webb Space Telescope almost failed to launch
"Budget overruns, bureaucratic malfeasance, congressional oversight, review-​board reckonings, the whole process of ...
Cracks in cosmological theory: James Webb telescope is challenging what we know about the universe
When the James Webb Telescope came online in 2021, it promised to give a clearer picture of the universe that could help ...
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4K James Webb Space Telescope Snaps 90,000 Light-Year Wreath
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy NGC 7469, which is 90,000 light-years in diameter. The ...
Cornell Astronomer Hoping the James Webb Will Confirm Alien Life in 2025
The odds of us finding extraterrestrial life anytime soon are pretty slim. But if there's anything that can deliver us a sign ...
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Firefly Sparkle: Webb telescope 'weighs' a galaxy for the first time
Nicknamed the Firefly Sparkle, this galaxy existed just 600 million years after the Big Bang and gleams with 10 distinct star ...
5 stunning images of space captured by NASA James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument
This NIRCam image showcases Pillars of Creation which is rapidly forming new stars which are estimated to be a few hundred ...
Meet Firefly Sparkle, Webb telescope's galaxy find similar to Milky Way
Firefly Sparkle is a lightweight among the universe's galaxy contenders seen by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, but the discovery is no less important than more massive galaxies because of what it ...