12 James Webb Space Telescope findings that changed our …
WEBDec 23, 2023 · This year, the space observatory has continued to deliver breathtaking and scientifically valuable images of the cosmos. Here's a look back at the JWST discoveries that altered our understanding...
NASA’s Webb Confirms Its First Exoplanet
WEBJan 11, 2023 · Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our …
13 record-breaking space discoveries of 2023 | Space
WEBDec 24, 2023 · The past 12 months have seen a host of new astronomical records broken, from exploding stars to faraway black holes.
NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe
WEBJul 12, 2022 · The dawn of a new era in astronomy is here as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).
Webb Unlocks Secrets of One of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen
WEBMar 4, 2024 · Looking deeply into space and time, two teams using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old universe was only about 430 million years old.
Astronomers finally discover a real planet around Barnard's Star
WEB20 hours ago · An artist's impression shows the newly found half-Earth-mass exoplanet Barnard b, with its red dwarf sun in the background. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser. As lone stars go, there’s nothing quite so ...
A Guide to the James Webb Telescope's View of the Universe - The New …
WEBNov 5, 2023 · Since transmitting its first data in late 2021, Webb has made stunning discoveries, including a plume of water spanning 6,000 miles in our solar system and a galaxy that formed only 390 million...
Winds of change: James Webb Space Telescope reveals elusive …
WEB8 hours ago · The researchers' findings, published in Nature Astronomy, help astronomers better understand how young planetary systems form and evolve. According to the paper's lead author, Ilaria Pascucci , a professor at the U of A Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , one of the most important processes at work in a protoplanetary disk is the star eating ...
Webb telescope blasts off successfully — launching a new era in astronomy
WEBDec 25, 2021 · Webb telescope blasts off successfully — launching a new era in astronomy. Hundreds of engineering steps must now take place as the observatory unfurls and travels to its new home. The James ...
NASA Establishes New Class of Astrophysics Missions, Selects …
WEB1 day ago · The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s 2020 Decadal Survey, Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s, recommended NASA establish this new mission class, with the first mission observing either X-ray or far-infrared wavelengths of light. Mission costs for the new Probe Explorers are capped at ...