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James Webb Space Telescope

Infrared Observations NIRSpec Instrument Spectroscopy COSMOS-Web Survey Data Analysis ALMA Mid-Infrared Instrument Temperature Measurements Atmospheric Analysis NIRCam Observations

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Webb Detects Water and Silicate Dust in Star Beside Milky Way’s Black Hole

This shows evolved stars can supply oxygen-rich dust plus water close to Sagittarius A*, reshaping ideas about how the galactic centre is chemically enriched.

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JWST Detects Chemical Traces of 1,000–10,000‑Solar‑Mass First Stars in Galaxy GS 3073

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8mo ago

JWST Finds Strong Evidence of a Thick Atmosphere on Molten Super-Earth TOI-561 b

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8mo ago

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

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8mo ago

JWST Reveals a Mature Grand-Design Spiral Galaxy Far Earlier Than Models Predict

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8mo ago

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

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10mo ago

JWST Study Flags Four Possible ‘Dark Stars,’ Including One With Tentative Helium Signature

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10mo ago

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

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10mo ago

Webb Telescope Finds 250°C Auroral Heating on Nearby Brown Dwarf

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11mo ago

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

James Webb Space Telescope

Webb Detects Water and Silicate Dust in Star Beside Milky Way’s Black Hole

Webb Sees Gas Filaments Feed Black Hole’s Rotating Nuclear Disk

Euclid Finds 31 Primordial Quasars, Including Two New Distance Records

JWST Spectra Show Little Red Dots Are Largely Broad‑Line, Black Hole Sources

Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

JWST Measures 50‑Million‑Solar‑Mass Black Hole That Outweighs Its Host

JWST Finds 50‑Million‑Sun Black Hole Outgrowing Its Tiny Host

New COLIBRE Simulations Recreate Galaxy Growth and Support the Standard Model

Distant Quasar Defies Models With 13× Eddington Growth and Powerful Jets

JWST and ALMA Reveal Early Massive Galaxy Quenched by Black Hole Starvation

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Webb Reveals Carbon-Heavy, Helium-Rich ‘Lemon’ World Orbiting a Pulsar

JWST Detects Chemical Traces of 1,000–10,000‑Solar‑Mass First Stars in Galaxy GS 3073

JWST Finds Strong Evidence of a Thick Atmosphere on Molten Super-Earth TOI-561 b

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

JWST Reveals a Mature Grand-Design Spiral Galaxy Far Earlier Than Models Predict

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

JWST Study Flags Four Possible ‘Dark Stars,’ Including One With Tentative Helium Signature

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

Webb Telescope Finds 250°C Auroral Heating on Nearby Brown Dwarf

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

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James Webb Space Telescope