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

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What lies deep within the abyss of space, in the pre-history of the universe!? The first images transmitted by the James Webb ...

Gravitational lenses have been used previously to resolve individual stars in the distant Universe. Using the microlensing of ...

Space Communications Specialist Alexandra Doten, AKA Astro Alexandra, on the gear designed for future space travel, what will ...

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

Mars, once a planet abundant with water, now lies as a barren, arid expanse. Its surface features reveal a history where ...

The crystal-clear images show light being ... In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope ... team of astronomers have performed deep optical observations of a dwarf ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...