Did you have the same question as I did when you looked at the spectacular first light images from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or “Webb” for short)? Yes, they are all incredible, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has reached a new milestone: “Fine-phasing” calibration is now complete, which means all 18 hexagonal submirrors are acting as a single unit, and are now focused and ...

A small team of writers, astronomers, and curators are writing alt text of the images that contain vivid, detailed descriptions. The images are a treat for the eyes. And through a unique and dedicated ...

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The stunning first pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope provide the deepest and clearest look yet into outer space, Lisa Grossman reported in “Postcards from a new space telescope” (SN: ...

This image is dominated by NGC 7469, a luminous, face-on spiral galaxy approximately 90 000 light-years in diameter that lies roughly 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus.

Young stars are rambunctious! NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the 'antics' of a pair of actively forming young stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light.