Relatedly, astronomers may have just pushed the upper size limit of what counts as a planet.

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a dying sunlike star is enriching the galaxy with the elements needed for life.

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models." ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of stellar nursery 30 Doradus, nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula. The ...

When NASA launched its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope in 2021, scientists hailed the mission as the greatest achievement of its kind in over three decades. Soon, however, scientists noticed a ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope was used to create the largest, highest resolution map of dark matter, just ...

With an image from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA finds clues outside the solar system that explain crystals born in ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant galaxy ever observed, MoM-z14, offering new insight into star formation and galaxy growth in the early universe ...

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a galaxy that is offering new data about the early stages of the ...