Webb Science Releases

NASA’s Webb Examines Cranium Nebula

Two heads are better than one in the latest images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which reveal new detail…

NASA’s Webb Telescope Locates Former Star That Exploded as Supernova

Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon…

NASA Webb Pushes Boundaries of Observable Universe Closer to Big Bang

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of the…

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates,…

Intricacies of Helix Nebula Revealed With NASA’s Webb

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual…

NASA’s Webb Delivers Unprecedented Look Into Heart of Circinus Galaxy

The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole that continues to influence…

Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope

After combing through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at…

NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A,…

NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system,…