NASA and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have teamed up on two new Priority Mail stamps that celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST/Webb). The stamps were issued this …
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Steve Finkelstein (UT Austin), Micaela Bagley (UT Austin), Rebecca Larson (UT Austin) While the James Webb Space Telescope has been busy helping scientists solve some …
This image shows the galaxy EGSY8p7, a bright galaxy in the early Universe. This galaxy emits light and excited hydrogen atoms, known as Lyman-α emission, among other things. This galaxy …
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has wrapped up its first full year of scientific operations, and beyond “breaking” cosmology, the telescope has also delivered some of the most spectacular …
“This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the planet and its rings in new clarity. The Webb image exquisitely captures Uranus’ seasonal …
This image from the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the central portion of the star cluster IC 348. Astronomers combed the cluster in search …
An artist’s impression of CASTOR in space | Credit: Canadian Space Agency and CASTOR team Although the Hubble Space Telescope has had a heck of a run, it cannot last …
“The most noticeable colors in Webb’s newest image are clumps of bright orange and light pink that make up the inner shell of the supernova remnant. These tiny knots of …
In this image of Herbig-Haro 797, captured by Webb’s NIRCam instrument, the space telescope used eight different filters ranging from 1.5 to 4.7 μm wavelengths. In the photo, the violet …
“The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s reveals a portion of the Milky Way’s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in …