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Astronomers use the Webb telescope to improve our map of the cosmic web

Adding significantly more detail means better future investigations into the universe's past.

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James Webb Telescope Reveals the Universe’s Hidden Cosmic Web in Stunning Detail

JWST has unveiled the sharpest-ever map of the universe’s hidden cosmic web, reaching back nearly to cosmic dawn. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have cr...

Webb eyes a pair of planet-forming disks

This month's NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars—with some potential planets thrown in as well. This visual hi...

Spiral galaxy's brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA's Webb telescope

A spiral galaxy's brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

Webb's Little Red Dots may reveal how giant black holes formed soon after the Big Bang

The launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2021 pushed the horizon of seeing the early universe, unveiling cosmic events just a few hundred million years after the B...

James Webb Space Telescope maps our universe's largest structure in unprecedented detail

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped the "cosmic web" of galaxies, the largest structure in the universe, with unprecedented detail.

NASA Roman Space Telescope set for September 2026 launch

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is fully assembled and on track for a September 2026 launch, eight months ahead of schedule, with a science mission expected to dwarf any p...

NASA says new space telescope will create 'atlas of the universe'

$4b Roman telescope set for September launch aboard SpaceX rocket

Eight months early and under budget, the Roman Telescope is ready to launch

Spy satellite hardware has been repurposed to scan the Universe in the infrared.

JWST maps cosmic web in record detail back to universe's first billion years

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have produced the most detailed map of the cosmi...

James Webb Space Telescope peers into a dying star surrounded by mysterious buckyballs: 'The structures we're seeing now...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured the first detailed images of planetary nebula Tc 1, revealing new details of what happens after a sun-like star dies.

NASA targets a September launch for its next big space telescope

NASA's next eye into the cosmos is due to leave our planet later this year. The agency says it's targeting an early September launch for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Roma...

Move over Hubble — NASA’s new Roman Telescope is faster, bigger, and launching soon

NASA will launch the Roman Space Telescope this September—8 months early—to map 12% of the sky and probe cosmic mysteries like dark matter.

Spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA’s Webb telescope

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. The image released this week depi...

James Webb telescope captures star formation "factory" in fine detail

Westerhaut 51 is the unassuming name of a vast "star factory" 17,000 light years from Earth. 350 light years across, it contains numerous O-type stars, the rarest on the main seque...

NASA aims September launch for Roman space telescope and it’s going to be a huge shift

NASA is aiming for an early September 2026 launch of the Roman Space Telescope, a powerful new observatory that could transform astronomy with massive infrared sky surveys, huge da...

AI sped up James Webb Space Telescope data analysis from years to days. What can it do for the groundbreaking Rubin Obse...

AI algorithms can sharpen naturally blurry images taken by ground-based telescopes, revealing details otherwise visible only to space-borne machines like Webb and Hubble.

Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 'hidden' stars being born

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated the star-forming region W51, resulting in stunning new images.

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.

New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal how massive star clusters can reshape galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists peek into the secrets of galactic evolution — and the view is stunning, too.

NASA’s Webb telescope reveals black hole formed before galaxy

Evidence suggests that the 50m-solar-mass black hole predates its host galaxy. Read more: NASA’s Webb telescope reveals black hole formed before galaxy

NASAs incredible new telescope will offer an atlas of the universe

NASA has finished building the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for studying exoplanets, dark matter, and dark energy in the cosmos.

NASA eyes September for Roman Telescope launch

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch, ahead of the agency's commitment to flight no later than May 2027.