James Webb Space Telescope

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 ...

Insights From JWST’s Discovery of an Einstein-Ringed Galaxy

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

JWST discovered the ancient galaxy JWST-ER1g, featuring a unique Einstein ring that aids in studying the galaxy’s high dark matter density and ...

JWST Witnesses the Dawn of Starlight

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

By ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO 3D) April 11, 2024 JWST shows details of a massive ...

Webb Reveals the Early Universe’s Giant

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

By Dr. Kit Boyett, University of Melbourne March 28, 2024 Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered Gz9p3, an ...

The universe is twice as old as anyone thought, study suggests

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The universe might be twice as old as we thought. (Getty Images) The universe might be almost twice as old as we ...

NASA’s Webb and Hubble Team Up To Solve Universe Expansion Rate Puzzle

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The “Hubble Tension,” a discrepancy in the universe’s expansion rate, is scrutinized through the combined efforts of the Hubble and James Webb ...

The Farthest Active Supermassive Black Hole Ever Found

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made groundbreaking discoveries in galaxy GN-z11, which is one of the most distant and ...

Using Hubble and Webb, scientists investigate galaxies responsible for the reionization of the universe

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

23 Utilizing the infrared-sensitive instruments of the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, as well ...

Galactic Winds of Change Captured by Webb Space Telescope

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal gas wind dispersal in planet-forming disks, advancing our understanding of planet formation dynamics and disk ...

Supermassive Black Hole Challenges Cosmic Theories – “The Spectra Were Just Mind-Blowing”

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A team of astronomers using the JWST has discovered an unusually red, gravitationally lensed supermassive black hole from the early universe, revealing ...