5 times the James Webb telescope rewrote physics in 2024
(Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) Because its launch on Christmas Day, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has actually shown its worth every year. 2024 is no exception. Here…
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5 times the James Webb telescope rewrote physics in 2024
(Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) Given that its launch on Christmas Day, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has actually shown its worth every year. 2024 is no exception….
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James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward Earth
An artist’s illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope exposing a population of little main-belt asteroids. (Image credit: Ella Maru and Julien de Wit) Astronomers examining archival images from the…
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James Webb telescope uncovers 1st-ever ‘Einstein zig-zag’ hiding in plain sight — and it could help save cosmology
Scientist found the “Einstein zig-zag” phenomenon while examining 6 mirror images of a single gravitationally lensed quasar in the remote universes. ( Image credit: Dux et al. 2024) For the…
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James Webb telescope spots ‘feasting’ black hole eating 40 times faster than should be possible
An illustration of an ancient great void stuffing on the matter around it (Image credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ J. da Silva/M. Zamani ) While peering into the early universe with the James…
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James Webb telescope finds 1st possible ‘failed stars’ beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe
The James Webb Space Telescope’s view of the star cluster NGC 602 in the neighboring Small Magellanic Cloud exposes intense young stars(blue)and clouds of dust shaped by excellent radiation. (Image…
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James Webb Space Telescope is ‘science and magic rolled together,’ says iconic astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock
The James Webb Space Telescope’s view of the “Pillars of Creation,” among astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s preferred area images. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale(STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer(STScI), Alyssa…
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James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto’s icy moon Charon
Pluto’s moon Charon as seen by the New Horizon’s telescope (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ), astronomers have actually spotted co2 and hydrogen peroxide on…
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James Webb telescope watches ancient supernova replay 3 times — and confirms something is seriously wrong in our understanding of the universe
An ancient supernova from the early universe is amplified and duplicated 3 times(circled around dots)through the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Frye(University of Arizona),…
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The James Webb telescope has brought cosmology to a tipping point. Will it soon reveal new physics?
(Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared:( Herschel )ESA/NASA/Caltech, (Spitzer)NASA/JPL/Caltech, (WISE)NASA/JPL/Caltech; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/ STScI/Webb ERO Production Team; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/ J. Major, CC BY ) For the previous couple of years, a…
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