The James Webb Telescope

James Webb telescope spots 'feasting' black hole

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 eating 40 times faster than is theoretically possible.

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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 Sagittarius A*. In fact, these objects, which increase in mass over time by eating material that wanders too close,

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MIT scientists use $10bn James Webb Telescope to ‘look back in time’ and make big dark matter discovery

Space experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a big discovery from close to the beginning of time concerning supermassive black holes and dark matter. Using the $10 billion (£7.7 billion) James Webb Space Telescope, MIT astronomers have been able to effectively look back in time to more than 12 billion years ago.

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James Webb Space Telescope Spots Massive Black Hole With Half the Mass of Its Surrounding Galaxy

Black hole in ULAS J1120+0641 has record mass compared to its galaxy. Quasar's black hole is 1.4 billion solar masses, half its galaxy's mass. Astronomers used JWST to uncover details about this distant quasar.

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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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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 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 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 ...

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Once You Notice This Weird Thing About James Webb Space Telescope Images, You Won't Be Able to Unsee It

Pointy Perfection Ever notice something about those images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope — other than the fact ...

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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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