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James Webb Space Telescope

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3w ago

JWST Spectra Show Little Red Dots Are Largely Broad‑Line, Black Hole Sources

New June 9 studies find a tight Hα-to-bolometric scaling that requires nearly filled broad-line regions to explain the extreme emission and points to rapid, obscured black‑hole growth.

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last mo.

JWST Detects Chemical Traces of 1,000–10,000‑Solar‑Mass First Stars in Galaxy GS 3073

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6mo ago

JWST Finds Strong Evidence of a Thick Atmosphere on Molten Super-Earth TOI-561 b

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6mo ago

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

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7mo ago

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

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9mo ago

JWST Study Flags Four Possible ‘Dark Stars,’ Including One With Tentative Helium Signature

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9mo ago

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

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9mo ago

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

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10mo ago

Webb Traces Planet-Building Dust from Butterfly Nebula to ‘Butterfly Star’ Disk

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11mo ago

Framework for Lava Planet Evolution Secures 100 Hours of JWST Time

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11mo ago

JWST to Target Triple Black Hole in Ringed Infinity Galaxy

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11mo ago

Infinity Galaxy’s Newborn Black Hole Shows Evidence of Direct Collapse

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11mo ago

Researchers Prepare Infrared Search for Dark Dwarfs at Galactic Center

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this yr.

New 'Dark Dwarfs' Theory Proposes Substellar Objects Fueled by Dark Matter

James Webb Space Telescope

JWST Spectra Show Little Red Dots Are Largely Broad‑Line, Black Hole Sources

Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

JWST Measures 50‑Million‑Solar‑Mass Black Hole That Outweighs Its Host

New COLIBRE Simulations Recreate Galaxy Growth and Support the Standard Model

JWST and ALMA Reveal Early Massive Galaxy Quenched by Black Hole Starvation

JWST Detects Chemical Traces of 1,000–10,000‑Solar‑Mass First Stars in Galaxy GS 3073

JWST Finds Strong Evidence of a Thick Atmosphere on Molten Super-Earth TOI-561 b

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

JWST Study Flags Four Possible ‘Dark Stars,’ Including One With Tentative Helium Signature

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James Webb Space Telescope

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

Webb Traces Planet-Building Dust from Butterfly Nebula to ‘Butterfly Star’ Disk

Framework for Lava Planet Evolution Secures 100 Hours of JWST Time

JWST to Target Triple Black Hole in Ringed Infinity Galaxy

Infinity Galaxy’s Newborn Black Hole Shows Evidence of Direct Collapse

Researchers Prepare Infrared Search for Dark Dwarfs at Galactic Center

New 'Dark Dwarfs' Theory Proposes Substellar Objects Fueled by Dark Matter

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James Webb Space Telescope