Webb and Hubble snap the same object for two views of one galaxy
With all the excitement over the last few years for the shiny and new James Webb Space Telescope, it’s easy to forget about the grand old master of the space…
Stunning view of the Sombrero Galaxy captured by James Webb
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide,…
‘That’s weird’: This galaxy could help astronomers understand the earliest stars
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a weird galaxy that originated just a billion years after the Big Bang. Its strange properties are helping researchers to piece…
James Webb image shows two galaxies in the process of colliding
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows one of the universe’s most dramatic events: the colliding of two galaxies. The pair, known as Arp 107, are located…
James Webb Telescope captures gorgeous galaxy with a hungry monster at its heart
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows off a nearby galaxy called Messier 106 — a spiral galaxy that is particularly bright. At just 23 million light-years…
Webb captures a Penguin and an Egg for its two-year anniversary
This “penguin party” is loud! The distorted spiral galaxy at center, called the Penguin, and the compact elliptical galaxy at left, called the Egg, are locked in an active embrace.…
Trippy NASA Visualization Takes You on a Journey Through the Iconic Pillars of Creation
The shimmery towers of cosmic dust and gas at the heart of the Eagle Nebula have inspired awe for decades since they were first captured by the Hubble telescope. Now,…
Gorgeous Webb image of Serpens Nebula shows a strange alignment
The Serpens Nebula, located 1,300 light-years from Earth, is home to a particularly dense cluster of newly forming stars (about 100,000 years old), some of which will eventually grow to…
Well-known star turns out to be not one star, but twins
This artist’s concept shows two young stars nearing the end of their formation. Encircling the stars are disks of leftover gas and dust from which planets may form. Jets of…
James Webb telescope peers at the atmosphere of a rocky hell world
This artist’s concept shows what the exoplanet 55 Cancri e could look like. Also called Janssen, 55 Cancri e is a so-called super-Earth, a rocky planet significantly larger than Earth…