Tag: James Webb Space Telescope
Webb updates image of ringed planet Uranus
When Voyager 2 flew past Uranus in 1986, the planet appeared to be a nearly featureless, solid blue ball. Now, Webb shows us an infrared view that is [...]
Rocky planets can form in extreme environments
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first observation of water and other molecules in the [...]
NASA’s Webb Snaps Supersonic Outflow of Young Star
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a high-resolution look at Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), a bipolar jet traveling through interstellar space [...]
Webb captures a close look at Saturn
On June 25, 2023, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turned to famed ringed world Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet. The i [...]
Webb detects black holes and galaxies from 13 billion years
Stare deeply at this vast landscape (wide angle photo A, B, C and D) and you will see 13 thousand years back in time-space. It was stitched together [...]