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Webb Celebrates Fourth Year of Science By Showing Off its Cutting-Edge Cameras

To celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope's fourth anniversary of scientific operations, NASA, ESA, and CSA have unveiled new photos of a familiar galaxy that illustrate just how...

Webb uncovers dust-shrouded heart of Centaurus A after galaxy clash 2 billion years ago

In new images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer and far more complex than e...

James Webb Space Telescope celebrates its 4th birthday with stunning image of a galaxy crash site

To celebrate the fourth birthday of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA has released a stunning image of the strangely shaped galaxy Centaurus A, the site of a cosmic collision 2...

Webb unveils young stars across every stage of formation

For this NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month, we return to the constellation Orion (the Hunter), a location familiar to Webb. This area of the sky is reple...

Webb spots the birth of a giant galaxy and a supermassive black hole

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to catch an extraordinary glimpse of a massive galaxy taking shape in the early universe. They identified a compact group of at...

The Cosmic Web Like You've Never Seen it Before

Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have produced the most detailed map of the cosmic web e...

James Webb Space Telescope forecasts extreme weather on exoplanet that rains rubies and sapphires

"With its unprecedented observational quality, JWST gives us the most detailed glimpses into distant planets to date."

The 25 Best James Webb Space Telescope Photos

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is celebrating its fourth birthday today, and like PetaPixel did two years ago, it's the perfect opportunity to look at the 25 best space phot...

James Webb Space Telescope captures the star-forming clouds of Orion A in stunning detail | Space photo of the day for J...

The Orion A region has never looked as colorful and vibrant.

NASA celebrates James Webb's fourth anniversary with the most detailed image of Centaurus A yet

NASA has released the most detailed images of the Centaurus A galaxy we've ever seen, captured by the James Webb telescope.

Webb pinpoints millions of stars within Cigar galaxy

Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique sight to behold, and now NASA's James Web...

Inside NASA's $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope that could see 100 times more than Hubble

NASA's Roman Space Telescope arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch this summer

The Nancy Roman Grace Telescope has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for final preparations ahead of launching to join the orbital ranks of Hubble, Webb, Spitzer and Chandra.

This exoplanet weather forecast by the James Webb Space Telescope calls for sandy skies and a clear (alien) sunset

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed a cloudy morning dissipating to leave a clear sky by dusk on a distant hot Jupiter.

Photo: Hubble and Webb offer new view of Black Eye Galaxy

This March 20, 2026, image of Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is a composite view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. It shows Messier 64 captur...

On the hunt for cosmic dawn and the universe's very first stars

After only four short years, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and observational cosmologists like Richard Ellis at University College London (UCL) have pushed the cosmic lo...

223-Megapixel Photo Shows 16.5 Million Stars and Took Three Days to Capture

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spent 65 hours, or nearly three days, observing the famous spiral galaxy, Messier 82 (M82), also known as the Cigar galaxy. The resul...

Roman Telescope's massive infrared mirror is ready to fly

It’s June 2027, and you’re fresh off defending your PhD studying the direct imaging of exoplanets while starting your postdoctoral journey at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The tr...

Galactic starlight will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for May 19, 2026

The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope weighs 'sleeping giant' black hole from 10 billion light-years away — and it's 6 billion time...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, and with a little help from Einstein, astronomers have "weighed" a sleeping giant, a dormant supermassive black hole located a staggering 10 b...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Nears Launch for Epic Hunt Across the Universe

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could soon begin an epic search for alien worlds, dark matter, and never-before-seen cosmic mysteries. NASA says its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope...

James Webb Space Telescope catches 6 galaxies merging into one of the largest galaxies in the universe

A supermassive black hole is also coming together at the heart of this galaxy maelstrom.

In a New 223-Megapixel Image, NASA Captures 16.5 Million Stars of the Cigar Galaxy

Captured by Webb’s NIRCam across 65 hours, the enormous image features a dense galaxy 12 million light-years away. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal...

NASA's Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026

Roman is in Florida, getting ready for its August liftoff.