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James Webb Space Telescope

Webb Reveals Non-Rotating Massive Galaxy in the Early Universe

The finding challenges timelines for how galaxies gain spin.

JWST Studies Report Strongest Evidence Yet of Population III Stars Near GN‑z11

Comet MAPS Skims the Sun on Saturday With Fate Uncertain

Webb Finds Dust-Obscured Red Supergiant Behind 2025 Supernova, a First for the Telescope

JWST Spots Most Distant ‘Jellyfish’ Galaxy Candidate at Redshift 1.156

Science Study Details Andromeda Star’s Disappearance, Pointing to Black Hole Birth

Study Ties ASASSN-24fw’s 200-Day Fade to Ringed Brown Dwarf or Super-Jupiter

Webb Delivers Sharpest Dark-Matter Map, Revealing the Universe’s Hidden Scaffold

Early-Universe Quasar Defies Models With 13 Times the Eddington Limit, Bright X-Rays and a Radio Jet

Webb NIRCam Reveals Helix Nebula’s Cometary Knots in Unprecedented Detail

Webb Confirms Most Distant Supernova Yet, SN Eos at Redshift 5.133

JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Black Holes Shrouded in Gas, Nature Study Finds

Precessing Black Hole Jet in VV 340a Drives Vast Outflow in Young Disk Galaxy

JWST and Chandra Reveal Colliding Galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207

JWST Spots Record-Distant Supernova Tied to March Gamma-Ray Burst

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

JWST Detects Chemical Fingerprint of Primordial 'Monster Stars' in Early Galaxy

Webb Maps Four Dust Spirals and Confirms Third Star in Rare Apep Wolf-Rayet System

Webb Unveils Red Spider Nebula’s Closed Lobes, Iron‑Traced Jet, and Shrouded Core

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second