The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured one of the most stunning and rare cosmic sights in astronomy: a nearly ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

Webb's penetrating infrared gaze has now revealed the true identity of the glow as a face-on, distant spiral galaxy. It has a ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a peculiar and unexpected pattern in the rotation of early galaxies, potentially challenging our understanding of the universe. Data revealed that ...

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. Meyer (University of Michigan), A. Pagan (STScI) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has probed deep into the dusty shroud of a young nebula alight with star formation ...

Scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed one of the biggest head-scratchers in modern physics—the universe isn’t expanding at a single, consistent rate. Instead, its ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has probed deep into the dusty shroud of a young nebula alight with star formation on the hunt for "failed star" brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs are stellar ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered complex atmospheric changes on SIMP 0136, a free-floating planetary object not orbiting a star. Infrared observations ...

Because it's traveling without an interfering star, the James Webb Space Telescope was able to study a solitary, planet-like celestial body in particular detail. The James Webb Space Telescope has ...

"It's zooming out to map the cosmos and see the largest structures and the biggest picture, unlike large telescopes like [the James Webb Space telescope] that will zoom in and take very detailed ...