Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to ...

UCSB Physics Professor Roger Freedman held our attention three years ago as he explained the wonders and understanding that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch ... The observations retained more data than Hubble's. The Orion Nebula sits 1,300 light-years away, but it's among the brightest nebulae in ...

While often referred to as the Crystal Ball Nebula, the new JWST image presents it more like an hourglass or ring structure. This shift in appearance results from the clarity and sensitivity of the ...

Why it's so special: The death of a star can be the catalyst for one of the most beautiful sights in the universe. To see that, look no further than the latest images from the James Webb Space ...

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The Lagoon: Located about 4000 light-years away, the Lagoon Nebula is an incredible ... captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Deep Universe: James Webb Space Telescope has captured ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured an unprecedentedly ... Individual holes in the nebula, which have been blown by high-speed stellar winds, have been picked up by Webb's instruments.

In this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, "cometary knots" on the Helix Nebula show blue-green heads caused by excitation of their molecular material from shocks or ultraviolet radiation.

Hydrogen in space can glow, as is the case with the Orion Nebula, but has insufficient density and irradiation ... when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen> When the black hole feeds at a high rate, its ...

NGC 1514 is a planetary nebula about 1500 light-years away ... The astronomers collected the observations using the JWST's MIRI Imager and Medium Resolution Spectrometer and its set of filters. "These ...

Up until now, the scene appeared blurry and fuzzy in past images of the distant nebula. Using data from JWST's unique mid-infrared capabilities, however, we now get a much more detailed view of ...