James Webb Space Telescope

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters utilized data from the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to discover tiny quartz crystals high up in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-17 b. This exoplanet is about 1,324 light-years...

The vast universe holds many secrets, and the James Webb Space Telescope is on a mission to uncover some of them. Using this powerful telescope, astronomers have just discovered a brand-new galaxy called JWST-ER1. This exciting find is part of...

In a recent study using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists looked at a distant planet called K2-18b. This exoplanet is much bigger than Earth and about 8.6 times heavier. What they found were some interesting molecules: methane and...

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of astronomy. A recent study identified the earliest instances of intricate organic compounds ever detected in the vast expanse of the universe. These particular substances resemble the ones commonly found in...

Saturn's moon Enceladus has caught the attention of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by releasing a massive cloud of water vapor. This plume is larger than any previously observed on the moon and may contain the necessary chemicals...

New research published in Nature Astronomy on Tuesday suggests that scientists have found a way to detect the formation of planets. Researchers used infrared imaging from the James Web Space Telescope (JWST) to detect thermal radiation emitted by warm dust...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a magnificent picture of Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. Uranus is a unique planet since it rotates on its side, which causes extreme seasons that last many years. The image...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered that the atmospheres of gas giant planets in the Milky Way galaxy can be different from those in our solar system. Scientists have detected that the atmosphere of a far-off exoplanet called HD149026b,...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made an extraordinary observation of a Wolf-Rayet star, WR 124, which is one of the most luminous, massive, and short-lived stars known to man. Webb Telescope caught the massive star about to go Supernova....

Cornell University astronomers have made an incredible discovery in the first image captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a blob of light near the edge of SPT0418-47, one of the brightest star-forming galaxies from the early universe. Gravitational...