The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

We’re essentially opening a new window on the transient universe” said Matthew Siebert of the Space Telescope Science Institute, capturing the awe that swept through the astrophysics community after ...

For the first time, the powerful telescope has discovered an exoplanet not previously known to scientists. Find out more here.

Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...

Professional astronomers don't make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope.

Professional astronomers don't make discoveries by looking through an eyepiece like you might with a backyard telescope. Instead, they collect digital ...

The James Webb Space Telescope imaged young, giant exoplanets and detected carbon dioxide! The findings suggest that the giant exoplanets in the HR 8799 system likely formed like Jupiter and ...

NASA celebrates James Webb telescope anniversary with new images The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for ...

"Webb's new images of two iconic systems, HR 8799 and 51 Eridani, and their planets have stunned researchers, and provided additional information into the chemical make-up of the young gas giants ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

James Webb Space Telescope Coronagraphs The JWST produces images called “coronagraphs,” created by blocking light from bright stars, like in an eclipse, to make dimmer bodies more visible against ...

New telescope captures stunning images of baby planetsOur solar system is over 4.5 billion years old, meaning any pictures of its early days are long gone. However, astronomers at the University ...