The mid-infrared light image shows astronomical features that can’t be seen with visible light cameras or in previous ...
Using the JWST astronomers have dived deeper into a cosmic spiderweb called the Spiderweb protocluster located 10 billion ...
For a long time, astronomers believed galaxy formation followed a very specific model: cosmic gas collects in clumps, stars ...
The Sombrero galaxy, named for its resemblance to the Mexican hat, is about 30 million light-years from Earth.
Webb’s Powerful Mid-Infrared Instrument Resolves Clumpy Nature of Dusty Disk Astronomers are known for their precision, but ...
The Sombrero galaxy, or Messier 104 or M104, is roughly 30 million light-years from the Earth in the Virgo constellation.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured NGC 346, a star-forming region about 210,000 light years away. One of the features of ...
Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been hit by a micrometeoroid, which has damaged one of the 18 beryllium-gold ...
The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...