James Webb Space Telescope captures Milky Way's largest star-forming cloud

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured views of the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud with its NIRCam ...
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Webb finds hidden engines powering the Milky Way’s star-making

The James Webb Space Telescope is turning the Milky Way inside out, exposing the buried engines that actually drive our galaxy’s star production. By peering through dust, resolving crowded stellar ...

Webb telescope photos show mysterious little red dots. Astronomers don’t know what they are

Hundreds of mysterious objects have appeared in images captured by the Webb space telescope. The curious dots could reshape ...

'Interstellar messenger' 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope reveals

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, putting it just under 2 ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope Has Transformed How We See Space

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, this anniversary marks an important transition.

Galactic islands of tranquility: 'Little red dots' may have brewed life's building blocks

Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising trait: They are unusually calm and quiet in terms of harsh radiation. This ...