Neptune as you’ve never seen it before, imaged by Webb telescope
The newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope has once again turned its attention to planets closer to home, capturing Neptune in a remarkable way......»»
Webb identifies methane in an exoplanet"s atmosphere
The James Webb Space Telescope observed the exoplanet WASP-80 b as it passed in front of and behind its host star, revealing spectra indicative of an atmosphere containing methane gas and water vapor. While water vapor has been detected in over a doz.....»»
Daily Telescope: The Milky Way soars above Devil’s Kitchen
"Along this loop is a set of red rock hoodoos that pop out of seemingly nowhere." Enlarge / Behold, it's the Devil's Milky Way. (credit: Taylor Thomas) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkn.....»»
Daily Telescope: A snapshot of 500,000 stars near the center of the galaxy
Webb reveals the Sagittarius C region of the Milky Way. Enlarge / A 50-light-years-wide portion of the Milky Way’s dense center. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, S. Crowe) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a l.....»»
Stunning James Webb image shows the beating heart of our Milky Way
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the heart of our galaxy, in a region close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way......»»
Webb reveals new features in heart of Milky Way
The latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. The star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C).....»»
Daily Telescope: Spying a double cluster of supergiant stars
"We had a lovely string of clear nights in late September and early October." Enlarge / A view of the double cluster in Perseus. (credit: Markus Noga) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkne.....»»
James Webb investigates a super puffy exoplanet where it rains sand
One of the least dense exoplanets known was recently investigated using James Webb, and the planet's weather seems is as strange as its puffiness......»»
Hubble spots an Earth-sized exoplanet just 22 light-years away
The Hubble Space Telescope has recently confirmed that a nearby planet, which is diminutive by exoplanet standards, is 1.07 times the size of Earth......»»
Daily Telescope: Traveling into the heart of the Heart Nebula
"That region of nebulosity is definitely my favorite part." Enlarge / The heart of the Heart Nebula. Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little t.....»»
Hubble images NGC 941, a spiral galaxy with an explosive past
This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 941, which lies about 55 million light-years from Earth. Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) collected the data that created this image. Beautiful NGC 941 is undoubte.....»»
James Webb spots exoplanet with sand clouds and sulfur-filled skies
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed something intriguing about a gas giant exoplanet known as WASP-107b. The Neptune-like gas giant currently orbits a star … The post James Webb spots exoplanet with sand clouds and sulfur-filled skies a.....»»
Daily Telescope: Imaging a nearly 4-billion-year-old region on the Moon
"It happened to land on an interesting area, so I made a quick recording." Enlarge / Mare Imbrium and its vicinity. (credit: Katie's Observing Log) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness i.....»»
Webb follows neon signs toward new thinking on planet formation
Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system's future and the past of another—our own solar system. Following up on a peculiar reading by NASA's previous infrared flagship observatory, the now-retired Spitzer Sp.....»»
Daily Telescope: Is that a seahorse or something more sinister in the sky?
"I showed it this way because I have seen way too many sci-fi movies." Enlarge / A stunning view of the Barnard 150 nebula. (credit: Tom Carrico) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in.....»»
Study finds strongest evidence yet for local sources of cosmic ray electrons
A new study using data from the CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) instrument on the International Space Station has found evidence for nearby, young sources of cosmic ray electrons, contributing to a greater understanding of how the galaxy func.....»»
Daily Telescope: Two galaxies colliding 300 million light-years from Earth
"I have wanted to image these for some time." Enlarge / Behold, it is Arp 273. (credit: James Peirce) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little t.....»»
Daily Telescope: An amazing, colorful view of the Universe
Take a look at two clusters of galaxies that are colliding. Enlarge / This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with visible-.....»»
Second-most distant galaxy discovered using James Webb Space Telescope
The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever observed have been discovered in a region of space known as Pandora's Cluster, or Abell 2744, using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)......»»
First release of images demonstrates Euclid space telescope"s potential
Two things are needed to understand how the universe came into being and how it has evolved to its present form. Cosmological computer models employ the laws of physics to depict the universe's expected appearance today, while observations made with.....»»
Scientists find 14 new transient objects in space by peering through the "Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster"
An international team of scientists, led by University of Missouri's Haojing Yan, used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover 14 new transient objects during their time-lapse study of galaxy cluster MACS0416—located about 4.3 billion.....»»