When it comes to hunting down the explosive deaths of massive stars in the early universe, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a true cosmic detective. This celestial Sherlock Holmes has found evidence of 80 new early supernovae in a patch of sky as wide as a grain of rice, held at arm’s length. … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found evidence that two giant asteroids are colliding in a nearby galaxy. The colossal collision threw out 100,000 times more dust than the impact killed the dinosaurs. The violent impact recently occurred in Beta Pictoris, a galaxy 63 light-years away in the constellation Pictoris. Beta Pictoris is a … Read more
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the richest ‘menu’ of hydrocarbons ever seen in a planet-forming disk. This observation, which involved the protoplanetary disk around a small star, also revealed the first detection of ethane outside the Solar System. The discovery was made when the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked preprint trusted source proofread OK! This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) was taken by the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, or JADES, program. The NIRCam data were used to determine which galaxies needed … Read more
Astronomers use the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered what they believe to be three of the earliest galaxies in our universe, actively forming when the cosmos was only 400 million to 600 million years old. In the JWST images, this galactic trio appears as faint red blobs feeding on nearby helium and hydrogen. For … Read more
A surprisingly low methane reservoir could explain how a planet around a nearby star became strangely puffy, according to new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The finding shows that planetary atmospheres can inflate to remarkable amounts without resorting to esoteric theories of planet formation, astronomers say. “The Webb data tells us that … Read more
A surprisingly low methane reservoir could explain how a planet around a nearby star became strangely bloated, according to new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST(. The finding shows that planetary atmospheres can inflate to remarkable amounts without resorting to esoteric theories of planet formation, astronomers say. “The Webb data tells us that … Read more
The Orion Nebula may be a well-known and well-studied celestial object, but new images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show this star-forming cloud of gas and dust in an incredibly new and vibrant light. The Orion Nebula, also known as “Messier 42” (M42), is located about 1,500 light-years from Earth toward the constellation … Read more
Astronomers have taken advantage of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect the furthest pair of colliding black holes in the known universe. The cosmic monsters – each estimated to be around 50 million suns in size – were discovered more than 13 billion light-years away, at a time just 740 million years after … Read more