James Webb Space Telescope

Celebrating Independence Day With Webb’s Star Formation Spectacle

Celebrating Independence Day With Webb’s Star Formation Spectacle

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope showcases a young protostar in the process of forming within a fiery hourglass-shaped ...

Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula

Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

In this image of the Serpens Nebula from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found a grouping ...

Astronomers make ‘jaw dropping’ discovery through James Webb Space Telescope after studying same spot for decades

Astronomers make ‘jaw dropping’ discovery through James Webb Space Telescope after studying same spot for decades

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Some of the world’s leading space scientists were left with their jaws on their floor after a recent discovery by the James ...

Webb Does the “Impossible” – Space Telescope Captures First Glimpse of an Exoplanet’s Interior

Webb Does the “Impossible” – Space Telescope Captures First Glimpse of an Exoplanet’s Interior

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

An artist’s concept of WASP-107 b shows turbulent atmospheric mixing within the planet’s gas envelope. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University James ...

Webb Telescope Captures Massive Asteroid Collision in Neighboring Star System

Webb Telescope Captures Massive Asteroid Collision in Neighboring Star System

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Astronomers observed a giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris, using data from the Webb and Spitzer telescopes. The event, occurring 20 years ...

Webb Uncovers Most Distant Known Galaxy – “Most Significant Extragalactic Discovery to Date”

Webb Uncovers Most Distant Known Galaxy – “Most Significant Extragalactic Discovery to Date”

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) was taken by the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) for ...

Webb Space Telescope Cracks Case of Puffy “Microwaved Marshmallow” Exoplanet

Webb Space Telescope Cracks Case of Puffy “Microwaved Marshmallow” Exoplanet

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The warm gas giant WASP-107 b, known for its unusually low density and moderate temperature, may have its puffed-up atmosphere due to ...

Webb Finds Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet For the First Time

Webb Finds Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet For the First Time

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scientists may have identified atmospheric gases on 55 Cancri e, a super-hot, rocky exoplanet. This discovery ...

Webb Maps Weather on Extreme Exoplanet WASP-43 b

Webb Maps Weather on Extreme Exoplanet WASP-43 b

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This artist’s concept shows what the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b could look like. WASP-43 b is a Jupiter-sized planet circling a ...

NASA’s James Webb captures ‘sharpest’ images of the Horsehead Nebula that sits 1,300 light-years away from Earth

NASA’s James Webb captures ‘sharpest’ images of the Horsehead Nebula that sits 1,300 light-years away from Earth

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s high definition, ‘heat vision’-focused James Webb Space Telescope has just captured the most detailed images yet of the Horsehead Nebula’s billowing ‘mane.’ For ...