Webb’s Incredible New Nebula Photos Preview the Sun’s Deadly Fate
The James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) newest images offer a dazzling preview of the Sun's eventual fate.
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Webb and Chandra Image of Bullet Cluster Maps Invisible Dark Matter
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Chandra X-ray Observatory combined their efforts to look at the Bullet Cluster in a new way, enabling scientists to precisely map the cluster's dark matter. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-7-3 00:07
Webb Captures Its First Direct Image of an Exoplanet
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured what scientists believe is its first photograph of an exoplanet. If the findings are confirmed, it would mark the first time Webb discovered a planet through a direct image and the lightest planet ever seen using this imaging technique outside the solar system. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-6-28 23:38
Take a 3D Journey Through Webb’s Iconic ‘Cosmic Cliffs’ Photo
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first public planetarium, which was founded in Munich, Germany, NASA and its partners created a 3D version of the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) iconic "Cosmic Cliffs" image. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-5-10 22:11
Webb Captures a 167-Megapixel ‘Visual Feast’ of Galaxies
The latest James Webb Space Telescope "Picture of the Month" exemplifies the $10 billion telescope's remarkable imaging capabilities. The photo shows cosmic objects ranging from stars inside the Milky Way to galaxies billions of light-years away. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-5-2 23:50
Webb Captures Gorgeous Photo of ‘Einstein Ring’
Alongside capturing auroras on Neptune for the first time , the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) also broke novel "ground" recently for its spectacular new image of an Einstein ring. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-4-2 20:50
8 Useful Photography Tips By Alex Webb And Rebecca Norris Webb to Advance Your Career
If there was an award to be bestowed on the most successful duo in photography, it would certainly be bestowed upon Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb. Despite their differences, the photographers have worked on several projects together, including Slant Rhymes, Violet Isle, and Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography. thephoblographer.com »
2025-3-19 13:00
Webb’s Dazzling New Photo Shows Pair of Growing Stars
The James Webb Space Telescope's latest high-resolution photo shows Lynds 483 (L483), a pair of actively forming stars, in extraordinary and unprecedented detail. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-3-12 00:43
Webb Captures Cosmic Fireworks in Unprecedented Timelapse of a Supermassive Black Hole
Astrophysicists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured the longest and most detailed look ever of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-2-21 22:55
Webb Photographs Cosmic Dust That Could Become New Stars and Planets
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured a photo of two stars actively producing carbon-rich dust, which may one day fuel the formation of new stars and planets. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-1-17 20:53
Webb Scores a Hat Trick With Superb New Photo of the Sombrero Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues showing off its remarkable imaging technology. Webb's latest target, the Sombrero galaxy, gives the $10 billion telescope ample opportunity to showcase its mid-infrared and infrared cameras. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-11-28 02:45
Astrophysicist Decodes the Science Behind Webb’s Cosmic Question Mark Image
Astrophysicist Jacqueline McCleary from Northeastern University explains the science behind a new image captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The image reveals a cosmic formation resembling a question mark, stirring excitement among astronomers. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-9-19 23:37
Webb Discovers Another Cosmic Question Mark-Shaped Galaxy
As scientists use the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to answer some of the Universe's most pressing questions, they've also uncovered new questions, including literal question mark-shaped cosmic objects. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-9-7 22:21
The 10 Best James Webb Space Telescope Photos (So Far)
The James Webb Space Telescope just celebrated its second birthday, having started service on July 12, 2022. Here are Webb's 10 best photos so far to mark the occasion. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-7-20 15:00
‘Deep Sky’ IMAX Film Celebrates the Passionate People Who Built Webb
Following the journey of the James Webb Space Telescope and the brilliant minds who made it possible, Deep Sky is a new IMAX film hitting theaters tomorrow, April 19. petapixel.com »
2024-4-19 23:33
Webb Finds First Direct Evidence of a Neutron Star in a Supernova Remnant
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made a monumental discovery, finding evidence for a neutron star at the heart of a young supernova remnant. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-2-23 19:58
Webb Can See Far Enough to Test Theories of Dark Matter
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) upended beliefs about the fundamental nature of the Universe, delivering evidence that the Universe was not slowing down, as gravity seemingly implied it must be, but expanding. petapixel.com »
2024-2-8 19:59
Webb Captures ‘Extraordinary’ Photos of 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of 19 nearby spiral galaxies as part of its long-term Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-1-30 21:19
Webb’s Newest Nebula Image Looks Like a Colorful Painting
The James Webb Space Telescope set its sights on a region of ionized interstellar atomic hydrogen in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) this week, delivering one of Webb's most colorful photos yet. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-1-27 01:39
NASA and Postal Service Team Up for Commemorative Webb Photo Stamps
NASA and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have teamed up on two new Priority Mail stamps that celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST/Webb). [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-1-24 21:54
Webb Answers One of the Early Universe’s Biggest Questions
While the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered many beautiful images, its primary mission is to probe the early Universe and help humanity solve some of the most significant questions it faces. petapixel.com »
2024-1-18 20:06
Uranus’ Rings and Moons Dazzle in New Webb Image
The James Webb Space Telescope has an early Christmas present for space enthusiasts: A stunning new photo of the ice giant Uranus. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-12-18 19:27
Webb Identifies a Tiny Brown Dwarf That Defies Explanation
Even as telescopes and observatories uncover more details about space, it remains mysterious. One puzzle revolves around the "smallest object that can form in a star-like manner," according to NASA. petapixel.com »
2023-12-14 22:37
Supernova Remnant Cas A Shines and Confounds in Webb’s Newest Portrait
In April, the James Webb Space Telescope kick-started a new era of investigation into Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a prototypical supernova remnant that has been the subject of extensive study by numerous telescopes. petapixel.com »
2023-12-12 21:15
Gaze Upon Webb’s Latest Photo of a Colorful Stellar Nursery
Among the most incredible spectacles in deep space are Herbig-Haro (HH) objects: bright patches of the interstellar medium associated with newborn stars, also known as protostars. petapixel.com »
2023-12-1 19:40
Webb’s Spectacular New Photo Reveals Mysteries in the Heart of Our Galaxy
The latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals an incredibly dense region of the center of the Milky Way galaxy in unprecedented detail, showing never-before-seen features of Earth's neighborhood that astronomers still cannot explain. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-21 23:13
Hubble and Webb Deliver the Most Colorful View of the Universe Ever
Despite the somewhat familiar narrative that the James Webb Space Telescope has been built to supplant the aging Hubble Space Telescope, the two orbiting observatories regularly collaborate. petapixel.com »
2023-11-15 20:06
Webb’s Spectacular and Beautiful Views of the Crab Nebula and M83
It has been a busy week for the James Webb Space Telescope. Fresh images of the Crab Nebula and the Messier 83 spiral galaxy have been shared, showcasing incredible new views of the cosmos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-2 20:24
Webb Snaps Never-Before-Seen Feature in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a high-speed jet stream in Jupiter's lower stratosphere, approximately 25 miles above the planet's clouds. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-10-27 20:07
Webb Space Telescope Captures Ethereal View of a Stellar Nursery
Among the James Webb Space Telescope's many scientific objectives are providing astronomers and physicists unprecedented looks at areas where stars are being born. These stellar nurseries are not only of great scientific importance, but they are also visually spectacular. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-10-13 22:32
Webb Telescope Photo Shows What Our Baby Sun Looked Like
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an image of Herbig-Haro 211 that is an "infantile analog" of the Sun when it was just a baby star with a mass of about one-twelfth the present-day Sun. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-9-18 17:02
How Scientists Bring Webb’s Images to Life in Beautiful Color
The James Webb Space Telescope YouTube channel released a fascinating new video this week that explains how Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) science visuals developers Joe DePasquale and Alyssa Pagan transform Webb's black-and-white image data into full-color composites. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-8-12 21:29
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2023-8-10 15:27
45,000 Galaxies Sparkle in New James Webb Telescope Photo
"Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form?" NASA writes. The James Webb Space Telescope hasn't been in space long, but it's already delivering critical insights into this monumental question. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-6-7 23:38
Incredible Composites Blend Data from NASA’s Chandra, Webb, and Hubble
Scientists have once again combined X-ray data from NASA's Chandra Observatory and groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope to create stunning composite images that showcase the incredible capabilities of each telescope. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-5-25 20:37
Webb Finds Water in Rare Main-Belt Comet, Spurring New Mysteries
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists achieve another breakthrough. Solar system scientists working to understand the origins of Earth's abundant water have used Webb's Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument to confirm water vapor around a comet in the main asteroid belt for the first time. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-5-16 23:23
Webb Captures Star-Forming Galactic Merger Brighter Than 1 Trillion Suns
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning "smash-up" of two spiral galaxies. Collectively called Arp 220, the collision of the pair of galaxies has facilitated massive star formation. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-4-18 20:37
’60 Minutes’ Investigates Deep Space and the James Webb Space Telescope
Since NASA shared the first five images from the James Webb Space Telescope last July, astronomers have been busy using the telescope to study the cosmos and uncover new information about the origins of the universe. petapixel.com »
2023-4-13 00:34
Webb Captures a Spectacular Photo of Uranus and its Rings
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a gorgeous photo of the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus. Not only that, but the rings around the ice giant are clearly visible for only the third time. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-4-7 21:55
Webb’s ‘Cosmic Seahorse’ Photo Shows Gravity Bending Spacetime
One of the first images the James Webb Space Telescope ever captured was only possible thanks to a gravitational lens. Its latest is another example of this phenomenon, this time featuring a galaxy called the Cosmic Seahorse. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-4-4 22:37
Webb Photographs the Rarely-Seen Moments Just Before a Supernova
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured what is known as a Wolf-Rayet star, the brief phase that comes just before it goes supernova. Due to how short the time is that a star is in this phase, it is one of the rarest astronomical observations. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-3-14 22:10
James Webb Photographs Ancient, Massive Galaxies That Shouldn’t Exist
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been used to identify six galaxies that potentially emerged extremely early in the universe’s history and are so massive they should not be possible under the current cosmological theory. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-2-24 21:00
Webb Telescope Photographs a Milky Way-Like Spiral Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope has recently captured a large spiral galaxy that resembles Earth's own Milky Way Galaxy that exists a little over a billion light years away. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-2-15 00:18
The Best Images Taken by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) blasted off into space on December 25, 2021. Since then readers have been treated to a series of stunning images of the cosmos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-12-29 21:01
James Webb Captures a New Star Forming in a ‘Fiery Hourglass’
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a protostar that was previously hidden from other space telescopes in a dark cloud known as L1527. The photo reveals what appears as a "fiery hourglass" and gives astronomers insight into a new star's formation. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-11-17 19:36
Glitch in James Webb’s Mid-Infrared Camera Has Been Fixed
A mechanical issue that took the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) offline on August 24 has been resolved and the camera has resumed full operation. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-11-9 01:24
Webb Takes New ‘Chilling’ Image of the Pillars of Creation
It's not just Hubble that's getting into the Halloween spirit. The James Webb Space Telescope team has released a new mid-infrared photo of the Pillars of Creation, a view that "strikes a chilling tone." [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-29 20:04
James Webb Captures Incredible 122MP Photo of the Pillars of Creation
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) has captured a massive and stunningly detailed photo of the Pillars of Creation, a celestial region that gives birth to new stars. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-19 18:42
James Webb Telescope Captures Cosmic Dust ‘Fingerprint’
A fascinating new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captures 17 dust rings that resemble a fingerprint created by a rare type of star. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-14 16:43
Combined Power: Chandra’s X-Ray Data Added to James Webb’s Photos
X-ray data from NASA's Chandra Observatory has been combined with the infrared data captured by the James Webb Space Telescope to create new composites that make the most of each's data gathering capabilities. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-5 20:37