This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

Astronomers had observed auroras on all other planets in the Solar System, and spotting one in Neptune completes the list.

Uncover the insights gained from the Webb telescope about early galaxies and their role in illuminating the universe.

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

A newborn star, a blast of glowing gas, and a distant spiral galaxy — all caught in one stunning snapshot by the James Webb ...

The NASA James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning image of an Einstein ring, an optical phenomenon created by ...

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that ...