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'Ridiculously smooth': James Webb telescope spies unusual pancake-like disk around nearby star Vega — and scientists can't explain it
The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...
Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
From its halo-like orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is seeing farther than human ...
This black hole just did something theoretically impossible
Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...
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James Webb telescope finds 1st possible 'failed stars' beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe
The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but ...
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James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st 'failed star' candidates beyond the Milky Way
At this point, astronomers are used to the James Webb Space Telescope pushing the boundaries of astronomy — so it is ...
5 breathtaking images of space captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope MIRI instrument
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a powerful tool for exploring space, launched in December 2021. It can see faraway ...
Webb and Hubble telescopes provide a preview to galactic cannibalism
The galaxies, IC 2163 on the left and NGC 2207, are about 114 light-years away from Earth, located in the Eridanus and Canis ...
James Webb Space Telescope has captured this kaleidoscopic image of the deep universe.
From the mysterious pillars of creation to the mesmerizing images of the deep universe, check out these 7 rare discoveries ...
Webb Telescope Might Have Discovered First Brown Dwarfs Outside The Milky Way
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the first brown dwarf star candidates outside the Milky Way. The European Space Agency (ESA) said that these candidates reside in the star cluster NGC 602 ...
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'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...