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James Webb Space Telescope spots 1st 'Einstein zig-zag' — here's why scientists are thrilled

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified the first-ever "Einstein zig-zag," a distant quasar lensed six times by two precisely aligned galaxies that could help tackle a cosmological crisis.

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Lava could light up the James Webb Space Telescope's search for watery exoplanets

Scientists are trying to figure out how minerals connected to exoplanetary water would look to the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Can 'failed stars' have planets? James Webb Space Telescopes offers clues

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered brown dwarfs at the heart of planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula. The discovery could help reveal if these "failed stars" can have planets.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st 'failed star' candidates beyond the Milky Way

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have potentially discovered the first brown dwarfs beyond the borders of the Milky Way galaxy.

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James Webb Space Telescope sees lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars in the early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered lonely quasars in the early universe, with "empty larders" that defy theories surrounding their growth to monster sizes.

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Iconic Crab Nebula shines in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope views (video, image)

The famous Crab Nebula gets a closeup from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots galaxy churning out stars in overtime

The James Webb Space Telescope peers into NGC 4449, a small galaxy showing explosive star formation that astronomers can't quite explain.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds a dusty skeleton in this starburst galaxy's closet

The James Webb Space Telescope caught the Magellanic-like galaxy NGC 4449 is undergoing an intense bout of star formation.

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Gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope image captures sparkling stars, old and new

A small galaxy is bursting with star formation in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Earliest-known 'dead' galaxy spotted by Webb telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope observes a galaxy that was already “dead” when the universe was only 5% of its current age.

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US Priority Mail stamps now feature James Webb Space Telescope images

As light reaching the James Webb Space Telescope, it took between 6,500 and 7,600 years to be received. As images on Priority stamps, they will get your mail to its destination much sooner.

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12 James Webb Space Telescope findings that changed our understanding of the universe in 2023

These are the James Webb Space Telescope's most notable discoveries in 2023.

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After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed?

For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to break cosmology as we know it. Now, on the eve of its second anniversary, a new finding by the James Webb Space Telescope has only entrenched the mystery.

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James Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole in the universe

The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of the universe's oldest black holes is giving astronomers some vital clues for how they came to be.

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James Webb Space Telescope's 'Cosmic Christmas Bauble' earns spot in White House Advent Calendar (photo, video)

The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a "Cosmic Christmas Bauble" that is actually the aftermath of a supernova. The stunning picture of Cassiopeia A was revealed by Jill Biden as part of the first-ever White House Advent Calendar.

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James Webb telescope finds water in roiling disk of gas around ultra-hot star for 1st time ever

The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of water and other molecules in the inner region of a hot protoplanetary disk suggests that rocky, Earth-like planets may be able to form in some very extreme environments.

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James Webb Space Telescope gazes into 'The Brick,' a dark nebula near the Milky Way's heart

A dark nebula, also known as "The Brick," was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Earth-like planets may form even in harsh environments, James Webb Space Telescope finds

The James Webb Space Telescope has found water and organic carbon molecules in the vicinity of a massive, active young star.

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James Webb Space Telescope spies a newborn star in its cosmic crib (image)

The James Webb Space Telescope stared through the gas and dust surrounding an infant star around 1,000 light-years away to see the turbulent outflows it is generating.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds water and methane in atmosphere of a 'warm Jupiter'

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane and water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet located around 163 light-years away.

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James Webb telescope discovers 2 of the oldest galaxies in the universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a cosmic 'peanut' and 'fluff ball' that happen to be two of the four oldest galaxies in the known universe.

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Clouds made of sand make for a strange kind of rain on this hot planet

On Earth, clouds and rain are made of water. But the James Webb Space Telescope has found that on a planet called WASP-107b, the rain and clouds are made of sand.

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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope finds a secret at the Crab Nebula's heart

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the most detailed image so far of the Crab Nebula, a gorgeous supernova remnant of a star that exploded 1,000 years ago.

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James Webb Space Telescope gets ready for the holidays with a cosmic Christmas Tree (image)

The James Webb Space Telescope used a galaxy as a cosmic magnifying glass to find transient objects in the "Christmas Tree" cluster, a Winter Wonderland of even more galaxies.

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James Webb telescope finds an 'extreme' glow coming from 90% of the universe's earliest galaxies

The universe's early galaxies are way brighter than they should be. The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of brightly glowing gas around 90% of primordial galaxies may explain why.

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