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Scientists use the JWST to study an extremely ancient galaxy piercing through the Cosmic Dark Ages
By Kiona N. Smith published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found an extremely ancient galaxy piercing through a thick blanket of cosmic fog in the distant universe.

James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously feeding black holes and bursts of starbirth.

James Webb Space Telescope sees a celestial Venn diagram around a dying star
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star.

This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it
By Keith Cooper published
The James Webb Space Telescope has revisited a star that swallowed a planet and found that instead of the star subsuming the planet, it was the planet that crashed into the star.

JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'
By Larissa G. Capella published
It existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang.

Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected.

Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it
By Brett Tingley published
"All together, we have a better sense of what this building-sized asteroid is like."

Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
By Victoria Corless published
The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds.
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