JWST | Astronomy.com

A James Webb Space Telescope deep field image showing hundreds of distant galaxies scattered across a black background in a range of shapes — spirals, ellipticals, and elongated streaks — in colors from white and blue to orange and red. A large, detailed barred spiral galaxy with a bright white core and faint blue spiral arms dominates the center-left of the frame. Several foreground stars display the distinctive six-pointed diffraction spikes characteristic of JWST imagery.

Cosmology, Stars

JWST studies a supernova near the dawn of time

A large planet occupies the upper right of the frame, its surface swirling with bright orange, yellow, and deep red clouds on its sunlit side, fading to dark blue-black on its shadowed edge. Below and to the left, a bright white glow from a nearby star washes out part of the lower frame, set against a dark brown sky scattered with faint stars.

JWST reveals Roasted Planet’s extreme heat

The Sombrero Galaxy tips its hat to JWST

Earth-sized TRAPPIST-1 d does not have an Earth-like atmosphere

Webb spots a new, tiny moon orbiting Uranus

Webb telescope discovers potential new world in neighboring star system

JWST spies the aftermath of a famous supernova

Alien Life, Exoplanets

New study revisits signs of life on K2-18 b

Webb Telescope discovers possible direct collapse black hole in galaxy collision

James Webb, Hubble space telescopes face reduction in operations over funding shortfalls

A breathtaking cosmic field filled with bright stars and galaxies, showcasing arcs and streaks of light caused by gravitational lensing. A variety of colors, from red and orange glows to bright white spots, create a mesmerizing, warped effect around a massive galaxy cluster.

JWST gazes into the distant past through gravitational lens

Cosmology, Galaxies

When everything in the universe changed