'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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A space walking robot could build a giant telescope in space
The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then released into low-Earth orbit.
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James Webb telescope spots 'feasting' black hole eating 40 times faster than should be possible
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a feeding black hole in the early universe that seems to be ...
James Webb Space Telescope: Breathtaking 'Face-On' Views Of 19 Spiral Galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured 19 spiral galaxies "face-on" in near- and mid-infrared. The images "show stars, gas, and dust on the smallest scales ever observed beyond our own galaxy," ...
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 eyes ...
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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 little ...
Webb telescope reveals rapid growth of primordial black hole
At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about four million times the mass of the sun, called ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Webb telescope finds hot young star Vega is actually quite lonely
Astronomers have pointed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble at nearby star Vega. Surprisingly, they haven't found ...
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 ...
Putnam Museum to feature exhibit with Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope imagery
A traveling exhibit will be on display at the Putnam Museum with a close-up view of the stars. NASA’s Hubble: New Views of ...