Tag: ESA
NASA’s Hubble traces dark matter
The qualities and behavior of dark matter, the invisible "glue" of the universe, continue to be shrouded in mystery. Though galaxies are mostly made [...]
Portrait of interacting galaxies on Webb’s anniversary
Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant obs [...]
Webb captures celestial fireworks around forming star
The cosmos seems to come alive with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Taken with Webb’s [...]
Pillars of Creation in 3D as seen by Hubble and Webb
Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imagination worldwide wi [...]
Striking new Webb image of star formation
For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to directly image has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared [...]
Webb finds 10 times more supernovae in early universe
Peering deeply into the cosmos, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving scientists their first detailed glimpse of supernovae from a time when ou [...]
Webb finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, very low-mass star, [...]
Webb captures iconic Horsehead nebula in unprecedented detail
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most distinctive objects in [...]
NASA affirms, universe keeps expanding
Webb measurements shed new light on a decade-long mystery. NASA's telescopes Webb and Hubble confirm universe's expansion rate, while the puzzle pers [...]
Peering into the tendrils of NGC 604
The formation of stars and the chaotic environments they inhabit is one of the most well-studied, but also mystery-shrouded, areas of cosmic investig [...]