Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

Rings of a dying star are revealed in the nebula NGC 1514. The Webb Telescope reveals a chaotic scene long hidden from view.

The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

NASA is projecting it will take six months after liftoff for Webb to travel the one million miles to its destination in space and be ready for use. The telescope will go through an intricate process ...

The James Webb Space Telescope takes a snapshot of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, some 15 million light-years away from Earth. Credit: ESA / NASA / CSA / A. Adamo Scientists have found an unusual ...

by the James Webb Space Telescope, a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reveal evidence of highly ...

The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is literally parked 1 million miles away. In the nearly three years since it became operational, “Webb,” as it’s called, has made some incredible ...

Located 124 light-years from Earth, the mysterious planet will never host human visitors — but a recent glimpse with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) hints that alien life may already ...

The transits also change the starlight’s spectrum in a pattern that — if observed with instruments on a telescope as advanced as the Webb — can reveal the composition of the planet’s ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected molecules in K2-18b's atmosphere that are associated with life on Earth. Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in England announced ...

A "fast-feeding" black hole that appeared to defy physics is actually pretty ordinary, observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal. In November 2024, astronomers using JWST ...