NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched nearly five years ago, and the first images it revealed made waves across the astronomical world. Those images are still among the most relevant pictures ...

The telescope primarily detects light in the infrared in order to observe sources such as the first galaxies and protostars.

New images released Wednesday from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are revealing Neptune, and the planet's hard-to-detect rings, in a fresh light. "It has been three decades since we last saw these ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of stellar nursery 30 Doradus, nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula. The ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Neptune and its rings haven’t looked this good in decades. NASA released new glamour shots of our solar system's outermost planet Wednesday taken by the James Webb Space ...

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

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More images are emerging from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, and they’re giving us the most detailed look at other galaxies yet. Back on July 11, NASA gave the world a first glimpse from the ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.

Artist Ashley Zelinskie is "Wandering through Time and Space”' with ESA's Webb team. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

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 ...

When NASA launched its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope in 2021, scientists hailed the mission as the greatest achievement of its kind in over three decades. Soon, however, scientists noticed a ...