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Saturn's Moon Titan Captured By The James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M. Keck Observatory/Judy Schmidt | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

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Webb telescope reveals rapid growth of primordial black hole

But since NASA's James Webb Space Telescope came online in 2022, astronomers have been surprised to find supermassive black holes inhabiting the early universe - earlier than they had thought possible considering the time needed to gather such great mass.

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'Hungriest ever' black hole discovered thanks to James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists have discovered a low-mass supermassive black hole feasting on material at a rate never seen before. A supermassive black hole is the largest type of black hole, with its mass being hundreds of thousands,

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More and more astronomers are eager to use the James Webb Space Telescope

From its halo-like orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is seeing farther than human ...

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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 ...

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Life Beyond Earth? NASA’s Webb Telescope Eyes Vital Clues on Distant Planets

Research indicates that the James Webb Space Telescope could help confirm the presence of life-supporting atmospheres on exoplanets in the "Goldilocks zone," enhancing the likelihood of discovering ...

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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 ...

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Webb telescope finds hot young star Vega is actually quite lonely

"The Hubble and Webb observations together provide so much more detail that they are telling us something completely new ...

Webb Telescope Uncovers Bright Ancient Galaxies That Challenge Cosmic Theories

Since its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope has identified early galaxies that shine unexpectedly brightly, suggesting ...

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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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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 ...

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Fastest-feeding black hole found in the early universe

Understanding how these black holes managed to grow so rapidly in the early universe has posed significant challenges.

JWST Spots A Gluttonous Black Hole Feasting 40X Faster Than The Theoretical Limit

The discovery of the supermassive black, thought to be within 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, gives astronomers new ...

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