Known as Population III stars, they are made of almost pure hydrogen and helium.

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) NIRSpec instrument has helped astronomers produce a map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere that reveals how temperature and charged particles vary with height across ...

The National Air and Space Museum’s Virginia location now displays the objects which represent critical leaps forward in ...

For decades, astronomers were only able to study the universe's very first stars using theoretical models. Now, observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed what may be the ...

Astronomers have unveiled new details about a previously hidden star-forming region of the cosmos, thanks to the powerful eye ...

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When it's not busy dissecting distant galaxies or creating dark matter maps, the James Webb Space Telescope is also making a name for itself closer to home. To wit, it has produced the first-ever ...

Astronomers have spotted a bizarre cosmic explosion that refuses to play by the rules—and it’s leaving scientists scrambling for answers. GRB 250702B, detected by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the most distant galaxy observed to date — breaking its own record yet again. In other words, the galaxy emitted light just 280 million years after ...