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The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen
By Keith Cooper published
The supernova exploded over 13 billion years ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Glowing bridge links dwarf galaxies in stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope
By Samantha Mathewson published
This infrared view offers the clearest look yet at how dwarf galaxies merge, evolve, trade gas and ignite waves of new stars.

A 'super-puff' exoplanet is losing its atmosphere, and the James Webb Space Telescope had a look
By Samantha Mathewson published
Astronomers have spotted a distant world "shedding" its atmosphere into space in real time, creating a giant cloud of helium gas that sweeps across its parent star well before the planet itself.

James Webb Space Telescope spots a gassy baby galaxy throwing a tantrum in the early universe
By Paul Sutter published
The astronomers estimate that this galaxy will deplete itself of gas in only a few hundred million years.

James Webb Space Telescope captures 'one-of-a-kind' triple star system that looks like a cosmic embryo (image)
By Keith Cooper published
The unique system features two rare Wolf-Rayet stars, and a supergiant companion that is interrupting the flow of the dust shells that the two Wolf-Rayet stars cast off.

JWST makes key detection of complex organic molecules around star in galaxy beyond our Milky Way
By Keith Cooper published
The molecules are building blocks of the chemical precursors of things such as RNA.

How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope's blurry vision
By Tereza Pultarova published
An ultra-high-resolution instrument on board NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has been suffering from blurry vision. AI helped fix the problem.

James Webb Space Telescope spots the haunting Red Spider Nebula with 3-light-year-long legs
By Monisha Ravisetti published
A new James Webb Space Telescope image showcases the gorgeous Red Spider Nebula against a backdrop of twinkling stars.
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