The images shed light on the galaxy’s past and star clusters that other telescopes couldn’t in what the astronomers are calling a case of “galactic archaeology” ...

Mid-infrared observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, shown in white, gray, and red, are combined here with X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, highlighted in blue. Together, ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the star-forming region called W51, revealing "hidden" stars that were invisible to other telescopes. The investigation has resulted in ...

It's always a fun day for the space nerds when a NASA team has new images to share from the James Webb Space Telescope. Today's pair has brains on the brain, with a look at the fittingly named Exposed ...

Day 24 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Gravitational Lens. Galaxies in this James Webb Space Telescope image appear to be stretched into arcs and lines, their appearance warped and ...

An international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), detecting a supernova—the explosive death of a massive star—at an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This infrared view of Saturn was captured Nov. 29, 2024, by ...

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The vast cosmos stretching beyond us feels unreachable, except to a select few seasoned scientists and space agencies. However, deep space exploration has become significantly more accessible, largely ...

A new high-resolution map of dark matter, created using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, is offering more clues into the part the mysterious stuff plays in the formation of universe. The ...