James Webb Space Telescope
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By Keith Cooper Published
Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a key role in the planet's energy balance.

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
Astronomers unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope's largest view yet of the early universe in a richly detailed catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies.
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
"Studying the chemistry of ultra hot planets like WASP-121b helps us to understand how gas giant atmospheres work under extreme temperature conditions."

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
A massive galaxy cluster, Abell S1063, forms a gravitation lens, revealing the warped light from more distant galaxies dating back to the early universe in this James Webb Space Telescope image.

By Keith Cooper Published
The presence of water-ice in the debris disk around a young star could have helped facilitate the growth and development of exoplanets.

By Samantha Mathewson Published
Through a citizen science project called Galaxy Zoo, volunteers can help astronomers analyze over 500,000 James Webb Space Telescope images and classify galaxies observed from deep space.

By Victoria Corless Published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-hot alien planet, a new study reports.

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
"It's a rare opportunity to place our own solar system in a broader galactic context."

By Stefanie Waldek Published
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed surface ice methanol — a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life, including sugars — on trans-Neptunian objects.

By Samantha Mathewson Published
A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a "visual feast of galaxies," including objects billions of light years away and the most massive known galactic group.
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