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Webb Reveals Dust-Shrouded Heart of Centaurus A

The images open a nearby laboratory to study galaxy evolution by revealing a collision-warped disk plus active black-hole feedback.

Webb Finds Salt Clouds Veiling the Atmosphere of GJ 504 b

JWST Finds Salt Clouds Veiling the Pink Planet GJ504b

Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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

JWST Survey Delivers Most Detailed Map of the Cosmic Web to Date

JWST Finds Ultra-Faint Galaxy Showing Chemical Traces of the First Stars

James Webb Maps the Universe’s Cosmic Web in Record Detail

JWST Finds Early Massive Galaxy That Isn't Rotating

JWST Finds Heavy, Water-Rich Atmosphere on Mini-Neptune in Rare Hot-Jupiter System

Webb and Hubble Show Massive Star Clusters Shed Birth Clouds Sooner

Webb Reveals Non-Rotating Massive Galaxy in the Early Universe

Webb Maps the Surface of a Nearby Super-Earth, Revealing a Dark Basaltic World

JWST Spots Water-Ice Clouds on Nearby Jupiter-Like World

NASA Unveils Paired Webb and Hubble Views of Saturn

Webb Finds Dust-Obscured Red Supergiant Behind 2025 Supernova, a First for the Telescope

Webb Delivers Sharpest Contiguous Map of Dark Matter’s Cosmic Web

Webb Delivers Sharpest Dark-Matter Map, Revealing the Universe’s Hidden Scaffold

Webb NIRCam Reveals Helix Nebula’s Cometary Knots in Unprecedented Detail

JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Black Holes Shrouded in Gas, Nature Study Finds