Webb Identifies Supernova Progenitor Star in NGC 1637
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have for the first time identified the progenitor of a…
Webb Reveals Hidden Layers of Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere
For the first time, astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’ ionosphere, uncovering unexpected temperature peaks, weakened…
Webb Discovers Most Distant Jellyfish Galaxy Ever Seen
New observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveal a galaxy with sweeping gaseous ‘tentacles’ in a…
Webb Detects Hydrogen Sulfide Gas on Three Super-Jupiters
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time identified hydrogen sulfide gas in…
Webb Detects Unexpected Richness of Hydrocarbons in Obscured Core of Nearby Ultra-Luminous Galaxy
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered an unprecedented richness of small gas-phase hydrocarbons —…
Webb’s 255-hour-long observation reveals invisible dark matter in a map area containing nearly 800,000 galaxies
As part of the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) project, Webb captured an area of the sky located in…
Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say
Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across…
Barred Spiral Galaxy Spotted Just Two Billion Years after Big Bang
Using the high resolution images from the NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) instrument onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope,…
Webb Picture of the Month for December showcases a region sparkling like a Christmas tree
An image of the James Webb Space Telescope (Image source: NASA) The ESA/Webb final Picture of the Month…
Astronomers Find Direct Evidence for Supermassive Stars in Early Universe
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered chemical fingerprints of primordial stars weighing between 1,000…
Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere on Ultrahot Super-Earth TOI-561b
The new observations with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope suggest that TOI-561b is surrounded by a thick…
Webb Detects Earliest-Known Supernova Explosion
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a supernova explosion accompanying the gamma-ray burst event…