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Tiny galaxies may have helped our universe out of its dark ages, JWST finds
Evidence continues to assemble that dwarf galaxies played a larger role in shaping the early universe than previously thought ...
James Webb Space Telescope's Amazing Imagery And Exoplanet Data Sonified
James Webb Space Telescope imagery of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula and exoplanet WASP-96 b atmospheric data has ...
JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'
The James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of one of the coldest and oldest known ...
Scientists just expanded the search for rocky alien worlds with air
Astronomers have added two more exoplanets to a growing study aimed at finding out whether rocky worlds near small, faint ...
1.5 TB of James Webb Space Telescope data just hit the internet
A NASA-backed project using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has released more than 1.5 TB of data for ...
The Cosmic Owl: Astronomers discover a peculiar galaxy merger
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a peculiar merger of two similar ring galaxies that ...
Check out this interactive map of the early universe, considered largest ever created
A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...
Exoplanetary systems are diverse. Experts argue search for life should be the same
Scientists are revolutionizing the search for extraterrestrial life by challenging our somewhat Earth-centric assumptions ...
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers smallest 'failed stars' ever seen
"The new brown dwarfs are the least massive known brown dwarfs. They place a new constraint on the lowest mass at which brown ...
Most distant spiral galaxy ever found shatters theories of cosmic formation
In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This ...
James Webb Space Telescope reveals first exoplanet with 'sand rain' and a growing 'sandcastle' companion, redefining planetary evolution
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made a groundbreaking discovery in the YSES-1 system, 300 light-years away. It revealed ...
JWST Reveals Pluto’s Haze Cools Atmosphere, Paints Charon’s Poles Red
JWST confirms Pluto’s haze cools its mesosphere and drives methane escape, coating Charon’s poles red. The haze absorbs UV light, heats the upper atmosphere, and re-radiates heat as infrared.