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NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding…

NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision

In new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into…

NASA’s Webb Reveals Stars Sparking to Life in Cosmic Celebration

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared light of numerous features that previously were impossible to see beyond…

NASA’s Webb Studies How Planet Survived Death of its Star

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving us new insight into the far-future of solar systems like our own, as…

NASA’s Webb Pinpoints Millions of Stars Within Cigar Galaxy

Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique…

NASA’s Webb Finds Clues to Ancient, Distant Origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS

As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS began moving away from the Sun in December 2025, astronomers took the opportunity to turn NASA’s…

NASA’s Webb Catches Exoplanet Getting Roasted

That’s the latest from researchers analyzing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of HD 80606 b, an exoplanet four times…

NASA Webb, Hubble Reveal History of Relic of Milky Way’s Formation

Researchers using two of humanity’s most powerful observatories — NASA’s James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — have definitively shown…

NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’

The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by NASA’s James Webb…