This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Crab Nebula (MIRI and NIRCam image). Credit: ESA/Hubble Information Center × close to Crab Nebula (MIRI and NIRCam image). Credit: ESA/Hubble Information Center A team of scientists used NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope to analyze the composition of the Crab … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a marvel of modern astronomy, has provided a glimpse into the dynamical processes that shape planetary systems. Recently, JWST detected a major event in the Beta Pictoris system: a colossal collision between two asteroids. This event, discovered by the JWST, has given astronomers a rare opportunity to study the … Read more
NASA/FUSE/Lynette Cook An illustration shows colliding asteroids around the central star in the Beta Pictoris system and the formation of terrestrial planets. The insets show what two of the system’s planets might look like. “The James Webb Telescope: Are We Alone?” about the whole story with Anderson Cooper offers a glimpse into the most powerful … Read more
Artist’s impression of the first stars, 400 million years after the Big Bang NASA WMAP Science team via Wikipedia Astronomers have discovered the furthest known carbon in the universe, dating from just 350 million years after the Big Bang. The finding – made by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope – used infrared observations from the current … Read more
In a remarkable feat of astronomical research, Kevin Hainline, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, has observed a galaxy that offers a glimpse into the universe’s distant past. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Hainline and his team have identified a galaxy, named JADES-GS-z14-0, that appears as it existed 290 million years after … Read more
Astronomers have had a big surprise with the discovery that a star known as WL 20S, which has been studied extensively since the 1970s, is actually not one but a pair of stars. The discovery of the surprising twin was made with the James Webb Space Telescope during a survey of a group of young … Read more
Astronomers have observed a giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris using data from the Webb and Spitzer telescopes. The event, which took place 20 years ago, provides new insights into early planetary formation in this young galaxy. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: NASA New observations illuminate the volatile processes that shape star systems like ours, offering a … Read more
Astronomers have spotted bursts and echoes coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). These ‘cosmic fireworks’ and X-ray echoes could help scientists better understand the dark and silent cosmic titan that our Milky Way orbits. The team of researchers from Michigan State University made the … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the oldest and most distant supernova ever observed: a stellar explosion that occurred when the universe was just 1.8 billion years old. The ancient fireworks explosion was discovered along with 80 others in a patch of sky that, from our perspective on Earth, is about the width of … Read more
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered an unprecedented collection of ancient supernovae. Astronomers announced that they have found ten times more of these stellar explosions than previously known in the early days of the universe. Some of these approximately 80 newly discovered supernovae exploded when the universe was only about 2 billion years old … Read more