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JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'
The James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of one of the coldest and oldest known ...
James Webb Space Telescope Captures A 'Cosmic Tornado'
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured an amazing video of the outflow Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50), a newborn star.
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Go inside the development of NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope with new 'Cosmic Dawn' documentary
For space fans, June has something extra to enjoy, as NASA recently released “Cosmic Dawn,” a new “intimate access” ...
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Pluto's hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's ...
1.5 TB of James Webb Space Telescope data just hit the internet
A NASA-backed project using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has released more than 1.5 TB of data for ...
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James Webb, Hubble space telescopes face reduction in operations over funding shortfalls
Inflation and budget issues are threatening to hobble NASA’s most in-demand telescopes.
NASA's Webb telescope glimpses coldest exoplanet yet found: What to know about gas giant
An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers ...
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers smallest 'failed stars' ever seen
"The new brown dwarfs are the least massive known brown dwarfs. They place a new constraint on the lowest mass at which brown ...
Check out this interactive map of the early universe, considered largest ever created
A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...
Most distant spiral galaxy ever found shatters theories of cosmic formation
In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This ...
JWST Reveals Pluto’s Haze Cools Atmosphere, Paints Charon’s Poles Red
JWST confirms Pluto’s haze cools its mesosphere and drives methane escape, coating Charon’s poles red. The haze absorbs UV light, heats the upper atmosphere, and re-radiates heat as infrared.
How recurrent fluorescence helps organic molecules survive extreme interstellar conditions
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unlocked the depths of interstellar space with unprecedented clarity, offering ...