In terms of its impact JWST’s new image is something a rival to the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) and the follow-up Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF), which transformed astronomers’ view ...

How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

A deep field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar ...

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began sending home its first deep-space images, astrophysicists knew that its suite of instruments would glimpse never-before-seen cosmological objects.

One of the most distant and, thus, earliest star-killing supernovas ever seen has been discovered by astronomers with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope .After the Big Bang, around 2 ...

Artist Ashley Zelinskie's new VR work is called "Twin Quasar." Two roads diverge between a pair of quasars, and I'm sorry I ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...

Soon after it came online in 2022, Webb observations revealed a population of tiny red objects dubbed little red dots (LRDs).

Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn and narrated by Oscar®-nominated actress Michelle Williams, Deep Sky follows the high-stakes global mission to build JWST and to launch it into ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is known for looking deep into the universe with an unprecedented level precision and sensitivity. But its images aren't only scientifically useful — they're also ...