Neptune's auroras are captured in great detail by NASA's Webb telescope

NASA released the images on Wednesday, and the results were published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

Science and Tech 27 Mar, 2025

New space telescope shows Jupiter's auroras, tiny moons

The world's newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all.

Science and Tech 24 Aug, 2022

Webb begins hunt for first stars, habitable worlds

The first stunning images from the James Webb Space Telescope were revealed this week, but its journey of cosmic discovery has only just begun.

Science and Tech 16 Jul, 2022

Webb space telescope opens door to discoveries still unimagined

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope's inaugural batch of images has opened a new chapter of cosmic exploration, but astronomers say the observatory's most consequential discoveries may well be those they have yet to even imagine.

Science and Tech 14 Jul, 2022

Baby stars, dancing galaxies: NASA shows new cosmic views

A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five galaxies in a cosmic dance. The splendors of the universe glowed in a new batch of images released Tuesday from NASA's powerful new telescope.

Science and Tech 13 Jul, 2022

Far out: NASA space telescope's 1st cosmic view goes deep

Our view of the universe just expanded: The first image from NASA's new space telescope unveiled Monday is brimming with galaxies and offers the deepest look of the cosmos ever captured.

Science and Tech 13 Jul, 2022

Tiny meteoroid bops $10 billion Webb space telescope

​​​​​​​A tiny meteoroid struck the newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope in May, knocking one of its gold-plated mirrors out of alignment but not changing the orbiting observatory's schedule to become fully operational shortly, NASA said on Wednesday.

Science and Tech 09 Jun, 2022

Space telescope in home stretch of tests; early pics impress

NASA's new space telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected to begin in July, astronomers said Monday.

Science and Tech 11 May, 2022

Earliest-known galaxy offers clues about the primordial universe

Astronomers have discovered what may be the earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed, one that formed relatively soon after the Big Bang event that marked the origin of the universe and may be populated by the novel first generation of stars.

Science and Tech 08 Apr, 2022

Twinkle, twinkle giant star, astronomers see how far you are

Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos.

Science and Tech 31 Mar, 2022

Space telescope's image of star gets photobombed by galaxies

NASA's new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies.

Science and Tech 17 Mar, 2022

NASA's new space telescope sees 1st starlight, takes selfie

NASA's new space telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror.

Science and Tech 12 Feb, 2022