Tag: 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 celebrates 1st year with close-up on Rho Ophiuchi
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope caps a successful first year of science, and stunning imagery, with a detailed view of the closest star-forming reg [...]
Webb identifies earliest strands of cosmic web
A filament of 10 galaxies seen just 830 million years after the birth of the universe
Woven across our universe is a weblike structure of galaxies [...]
NASA’s Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery
The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest discovery is a tale of two detections.
Solar system scientists took NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on a [...]
Webb aims at star and finds much more
A new Webb Space Telescope image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals its planetary system with details never seen before, including nested c [...]
Hubble Views a Beautiful Luminous Galaxy
The lenticular galaxy NGC 5283 is the subject of this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. NGC 5283 contains an active galactic nucleus, or A [...]
Superbit sees colliding Antennae Galaxies
This view of the Antennae Galaxies, two large galaxies colliding 60 million light-years away, is one of the first research images from the Super Pres [...]
Aiming at Jupiter’s moons
ESA’s Juice lifts off on quest to discover secrets of Jupiter’s icy moons
Jupiter, shining brightly in the night sky, has sparked fascination ever [...]
Webb reveals details in Cassiopeia A
The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind can be even more dramatic. A new mid-infrared image from NASA’s J [...]
Webb captures a ringed Uranus
All Credit: webbtelescope.org
A zoomed-in image of Uranus, captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on Feb. 6, 2023, reveals stunning view [...]