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James Webb Space Telescope

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Study Finds Webb’s Little Red Dots Often Hide Obscured Black Holes and Faint Hosts

Evidence shows dust‑shrouded nuclear sources can outshine their galaxies so current telescopes frequently miss the faint extended light.

JWST Identifies a Candidate ‘Black Hole Star’ at Cosmic Dawn

Astronomers Identify a Black Hole Star at Cosmic Dawn

Webb’s Infrared Images Reveal Hidden Dust and Gas Inside the Lion Nebula

Webb Detects Hidden Giant Planet Beta Pictoris d Inside Debris Disk

Astronomers Confirm Third Planet in Beta Pictoris, the Faintest Ever Imaged From Earth

Webb Reveals Dust-Shrouded Heart of Centaurus A

Webb Resolves 16.5 Million Stars in Nearby Starburst Galaxy M82

Webb Finds Salt Clouds Veiling the Atmosphere of GJ 504 b

JWST Finds Salt Clouds Veiling the Pink Planet GJ504b

Webb Spectrum Reveals Dense Gas Cocoon Around an Early ‘Little Red Dot’

Quiet Supermassive Black Holes Measured and Seen Driving Galactic Winds

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