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Mysterious 'Green Monster' lurking in James Webb photo of supernova remnant is finally explained
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A green "Grinch-like" shape in a supernova remnant imaged by the James Webb telescope may have come from a blast debris field, scientists proposed
Space photo of the week: Uranus 'rings' in the New Year in stunning James Webb telescope image
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a stunning new portrait of ice giant Uranus, featuring its frigid rings and 14 of 27 moons.
Editor's pick: The top space stories of 2023
By Brandon Specktor published
Aliens made headlines in 2023, but are we really any closer to finding life beyond Earth? A recap of the best new evidence, and other remarkable stories from the year in space.
After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed?
By Ben Turner published
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.
8 stunning James Webb Space Telescope discoveries made in 2023
By Ben Turner published
The oldest ever black holes, a preview of our solar system's gory demise, and a measurement of distant starlight that threatens to bring the standard of cosmology crashing down — here are the JWST's wildest discoveries of 2023.
'It could be profound': How astronomer Wendy Freedman is trying to fix the universe
By Ben Turner published
University of Chicago astronomer Wendy Freedman tells us how she's searching for an answer to the Hubble tension — a discrepancy between measurements of our universe's expansion that could threaten the dominant model of how the universe has grown since the Big Bang.
James Webb telescope finds universe's smallest 'failed star' in cluster full of mystery molecules
By Joanna Thompson published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted what may be the smallest known brown dwarf, a "failed star" that's only three or four times larger than Jupiter.
James Webb telescope finds 'vanishing' galaxy from the dawn of the universe
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The early galaxy AzTECC71 is so far away it keeps disappearing from telescope observations. A new study by the James Webb Space Telescope finally pins it down.
James Webb telescope discovers dark secret of 'The Brick,' a gas cloud flipping assumptions about how stars are born
By Robert Lea published
Peering deep into 'The Brick,' a dark, chaotic gas cloud at the heart of the Milky Way, the James Webb Space Telescope uncovered secrets that could shake up theories of star formation.
James Webb telescope finds water in roiling disk of gas around ultra-hot star for 1st time ever
By Robert Lea published
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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