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  • For first time, Webb telescope discovers an alien planet

    For first time, Webb telescope discovers an alien planet

    Webb has directly imaged a young gas giant planet roughly the size of Saturn, our solar system's second-largest planet

  • How big and mysterious is space? Here's what a NASA expert says

    How big and mysterious is space? Here's what a NASA expert says

    Even in our own solar system, distances seem infinite. Think of driving continuously at highway speed to Pluto. It would take about 6,000 years—more than recorded history.

  • NASA Webb captures glowing hourglass nebula shaped by dying twin stars

    NASA Webb captures glowing hourglass nebula shaped by dying twin stars

    Webb’s images suggest a tilted, hourglass structure. Dust forms orange arcs, resembling shallow ‘V’ shapes at each end.

  • NASA’s Webb captures distorted galaxy forming cosmic question mark; check out the stunning images

    NASA’s Webb captures distorted galaxy forming cosmic question mark; check out the stunning images

    The image, captured by Webb, showcases a rare gravitational lensing effect in the galaxy cluster MACS-J0417.5-1154. This cluster, acting as a massive lens, distorts and magnifies distant galaxies, creating intriguing visual distortions.

  • NASA James Webb Telescope discovers 'Super Jupiter' - the universe's coldest exoplanet

    NASA James Webb Telescope discovers 'Super Jupiter' - the universe's coldest exoplanet

    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of NASA, has discovered the coldest new exoplanet named "super-Jupiter" or Epsilon Indi Ab, which is known to be the 12th closest exoplanet to Earth.

  • Jeweled Ring image snapped by NASA's Webb Telescope located 6 billion light years away

    Jeweled Ring image snapped by NASA's Webb Telescope located 6 billion light years away

    A stunning picture of a quasar or a 'jewelled ring' is snapped by the James Webb Telescope MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). This image is of a quasar named RX J1131-1231 that is located around 6 billion light years away from Earth.

  • Star cluster in “Cosmic Gem” arc captured by NASA's James Webb Telescope

    Star cluster in “Cosmic Gem” arc captured by NASA's James Webb Telescope

    The international astronomer's team at NASA has used the James Webb Telescope to discover the star clusters in the “Cosmic Gems” arc. The Cosmic Gem arc was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope and using the advanced technology present currently in the human world, we were able to discover the existence of these young galaxies and stars.

  • James Webb Telescope detects the collision of the most distant and oldest supermassive blackholes

    James Webb Telescope detects the collision of the most distant and oldest supermassive blackholes

    Seen through the James Webb Telescope: The collision of the two supermassive blackholes - each one roughly 50 million times the mass of the sun in our solar system - occurred in a system called ZS7, approximately 740 million years after Big Bang.

  • James Webb telescope captures stunning image of half-a-million stars at Milky Way core

    James Webb telescope captures stunning image of half-a-million stars at Milky Way core

    NASA reports that astronomers are expecting revelations about star birth from Sagittarius C, situated 25,000 light-years away.

  • James Webb Telescope reveals planet WASP-107b's astonishing atmosphere: Sand clouds and sulphur

    James Webb Telescope reveals planet WASP-107b's astonishing atmosphere: Sand clouds and sulphur

    Webb's findings offer a rare glimpse into the intricate dynamics of exoplanet WASP-107b's atmosphere. The exoplanet completes a full orbit around its star in 5.7 days

  • The James Webb telescope captures a spiral galaxy billion light years away

    The James Webb telescope captures a spiral galaxy billion light years away

    The image will help astronomers understand how galaxies mature and form

  • Google’s AI chatbot ‘Bard’ offered incorrect information in company ad

    Google’s AI chatbot ‘Bard’ offered incorrect information in company ad

    Google on Wednesday announced a slew of features powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), but a mistake in an ad caused its share price to tank.

  • The Webb Telescope Is Just Getting Started

    The Webb Telescope Is Just Getting Started

    The first scientific results are coming in, and the $10 billion instrument is working even better than astronomers had dared to hope.

  • The Webb Telescope is just getting started

    The Webb Telescope is just getting started

    The telescope, named for James Webb, the NASA administrator during the build-up to the Apollo moon landings, is a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.

  • In Pics | Ten stunning images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in one year

    In Pics | Ten stunning images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in one year

    NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the most powerful telescope launched into space. The JWST was laucnhed on December 25, 2021. The telescope has complete a year in space and has captured some of the amazing pictures of space ever since its launch. Here are some of the best pictures of space shared by the NASA's JWST.

  • Year-ender 2022 | Some spectacular images from space seen this year

    Year-ender 2022 | Some spectacular images from space seen this year

    From Pillars of Creation, Neptune rings, to Cosmic Cliffs, 2022 has been full of some of stunning space images. James Webb Space Telescope, which was successfully launched on December 25, 2021, shared some of the most spectacular images during this year. Here are some of the best pictures from space in 2022.

  • Dementors from Harry Potter? New James Webb photo intrigues internet

    Dementors from Harry Potter? New James Webb photo intrigues internet

    The powerful telescope has brought forward another detailed view of the mysterious Pillars of Creation

  • Stunning new photos from James Webb telescope of 'Pillars of Creation'

    Stunning new photos from James Webb telescope of 'Pillars of Creation'

    The "Pillars of Creation", huge structures of dust and gas filled with stars, are located 6,500 light years from Earth, in the Eagle Nebula of our Milky Way galaxy.

  • DART asteroid collision: New James Webb, Hubble photos show impact greater than expected

    DART asteroid collision: New James Webb, Hubble photos show impact greater than expected

    In a historic test, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor slammed into its pyramid-sized, rugby ball-shaped target 11 million kilometres (6.8 million miles) from Earth on Monday night.

  • James Webb captures clearest images of Neptune's delicate rings in decades

    James Webb captures clearest images of Neptune's delicate rings in decades

    James Webb's unprecedented infrared imaging capabilities have provided a new glimpse into Neptune's atmosphere.

  • Hubble Space Telescope captures splendid image of two 'overlapping' spiral galaxies

    Hubble Space Telescope captures splendid image of two 'overlapping' spiral galaxies

    Although in the image taken by the telescope, the galaxies appear to collide, the two are not actually interacting.

  • Jupiter as never seen before: James Webb telescope captures auroras, tiny moons

    Jupiter as never seen before: James Webb telescope captures auroras, tiny moons

    The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots on August 22 of the solar system's biggest planet.

  • Cosmic cliffs and a sea of stars: Stunning first pics from NASA’s Webb telescope

    Cosmic cliffs and a sea of stars: Stunning first pics from NASA’s Webb telescope

    NASA James Webb Space Telescope: The world got a front row seat to the final dance of a dying star, cosmic cliffs, distant galaxies and more cosmic wonders as NASA released the first images from the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope.

  • Deepest image of the early universe captured by NASA's Webb telescope

    Deepest image of the early universe captured by NASA's Webb telescope

    The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful to be placed in orbit, has revealed the clearest image to date of the early universe, going back 13 billion years, NASA said Monday.

  • NASA releases James Webb telescope teaser: ‘Among the deepest images of the universe’

    NASA releases James Webb telescope teaser: ‘Among the deepest images of the universe’

    NASA has a provided a tantalizing teaser photo ahead of the highly-anticipated release next week of the first deep-space images from the James Webb Telescope

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