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two images: on the left a blue swirl of light on a black background; on the right, an orange swirl of light on a black background

'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers

By Keith Cooper published

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets.

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two swirling galaxies in deep space glow in shades of red and yellow

Stare into the 'blood-soaked eyes' of 2 spooky galaxies in new Hubble, JWST images (video)

By Brett Tingley published

Two of the world's most powerful space telescopes have spied a spooky pair of galaxies in deep space, staring out like a pair of "blood-soaked" eyes  just in time for Halloween.

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Orange red and purple smoke when a large cavity at its center. It is punctuated by blue swirls and stars

James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st 'failed star' candidates beyond the Milky Way

By Robert Lea published

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have potentially discovered the first brown dwarfs beyond the borders of the Milky Way galaxy.

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image showing two faraway galaxies, along with white text describing them and scale bars showing how big they are

James Webb Space Telescope spies 'inside-out' star formation in ancient galaxy (image)

By Conor Feehly published

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed 'inside-out' star formation in a galaxy just 700 million years after the Big Bang, fleshing out our understanding of the early universe.

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Beams of light shoot out from behind a double orbed space rock, in space.

James Webb Space Telescope watches a frozen, comet-like object shooting jets of gas

By Keith Cooper published

Jets of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gas were seen coming from a centaur, but what drives them is a big mystery.

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A dark brown ring with white smoke billowing from it in a conical shape

James Webb Space Telescope studies dusty 'pancakes' feeding baby stars and birthing planets

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken an intricate look at how pancakes of gas and dust feed infant stars and help them grow before influencing the birth of planets.

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two-panel image. In the left panel, dozens of small galaxies are scattered on the black background of space. Just to the left of the center, there is a long, red arc. At its left is a cluster of a few white galaxies that look like a glowing orb. To the right of the center, the red arc and glowing orb of galaxies at the left appear to be mirrored. The curved and distorted galaxy image on the right side is highlighted with a white box. Lines extend from the box’s corners to the right panel, which shows an enlarged view of the curved galaxy. Three faint points of light are circled.

James Webb Space Telescope finds supernova 'Hope' that could finally resolve major astronomy debate

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant cosmic explosion that erupted in the early universe called "supernova Hope" that could help resolve lingering "Hubble trouble."

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A grey cracked sphere with a reddish brown cap

James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon

By Robert Lea published

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins.

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A large field of stars and galaxies with one shown in a small white squre, then magnified in a larger white square near the center.

'That's weird': James Webb Space Telescope spies a strange galaxy outshining its stars

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

An oddball galaxy in the early universe shines so brightly it outshines its stars.

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A pair of interacting galaxies. The larger of the two galaxies is slightly right of centre, and is composed of a hazy, bright, white centre and a ring of gaseous filaments, which are different shades of red and orange. Toward the bottom left and bottom right of the ring are filaments of gas spiralling inward toward the core. At the top left of the ring is a noticeable gap, bordered by two large, orange pockets of dust and gas. The smaller galaxy is made of hazy and white gas and dust, which become more diffuse further away from its centre. To this galaxy’s bottom left, there is a smaller, more diffuse gas cloud that wafts outward toward the edges of the image. Many red, orange, and white galaxies are spread throughout, with some being hazier in appearance and others having more defined spiral patterns.

James Webb Space Telescope witnesses a 'smiling' galactic collision (images)

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a collision between two galaxies that appears to have created a beaming smile in space.

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