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How are gas giant exoplanets born? James Webb Space Telescope provides new clues
By Samantha Mathewson published
Relatedly, astronomers may have just pushed the upper size limit of what counts as a planet.

James Webb Space Telescope finds precursors to 'building blocks of life' in nearby galaxy
By Robert Lea published
"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models."

James Webb Space Telescope finds most distant galaxy ever detected: 'It looks nothing like what we predicted'
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
"There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early universe, which presents compelling questions to be explored going forward."

James Webb Space Telescope watches distant galaxies form farthest cluster ever seen in the ancient universe (image)
By Robert Lea published
"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up."

James Webb Space Telescope reveals new origin story for the universe's 1st supermassive black holes
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes formed without stars.

James Webb Space Telescope sees comet-seeding crystals flowing far from newborn star (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, offering a new clue to how comets evolve.

This is the sharpest view ever seen of a black hole's dusty disk
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
"Instead of Webb's 6.5-meter diameter, it's like we are observing this region with a 13-meter space telescope."

James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st evidence of 'dinosaur-like' stars in the early universe
By Robert Lea published
"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a million years."
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