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James Webb Space Telescope

A handout artist's impression released on April 17, 2025 by N. Madhusudhan/University of Cambridge, shows the K2-18b super-Earth, a hycean world, such as exoplanet K2-18b which astronomers say they have found the strongest yet 'hints' of the life outside this solar system. (Handout / University of Cambridge / AFP)
April 17, 2025, 4:20 pm
Astronomers say they’ve found strongest ever ‘hints’ of life beyond our solar system
British-US team detects ‘biosignatures’ on planet K2-18b, 124 lightyears from Earth, says it is ‘closest we have come to seeing a feature that we can attribute to life’
By Daniel Lawler
An artist's illustration of K2-18 b, an exoplanet which may be covered in water oceans and possess a hydrogen atmosphere. (NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI))
September 12, 2023, 10:36 pm
NASA says hint of oceans, potential life discovered on distant world
Molecule only produced on Earth by life may be present on exoplanet 120 light years away, along with molecules suggesting presence of water
By Michael Horovitz
This June 2023 image provided by the Space Telescope Science Institute shows the planet Saturn and three of its moons, from left, Enceladus, Tethys and Dione, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. In infrared, the planet appears dark because sunlight is absorbed by methane in the atmosphere. (NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST Saturn Team via AP)
July 1, 2023, 8:19 am
Saturn’s rings glow bright in Webb Space Telescope’s latest cosmic shot
In NASA’s infrared picture, planet appears dark because sunlight is absorbed by atmosphere’s methane, while icy rings shine
By Marcia Dunn
This image provided by NASA shows the star Wolf-Rayet 124, center, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022. A surrounding nebula is made of material cast off from the aging star in random ejections, and from dust produced in the ensuing turbulence. The telescope captured the rare and fleeting phase of the star on the cusp of death. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team via AP)
March 16, 2023, 7:51 am
Webb telescope captures star going supernova on cusp of death
WR-124, star 30 times as massive as our sun, photographed shedding dust and gas into space in its final throes before expected explosion
By Marcia Dunn
Images of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500-800 million years after the Big Bang. One of the sources (bottom left) could contain as many stars as our present-day Milky Way, but is 30 times more compact. (NASA via AP)
February 23, 2023, 1:40 pm
In paradigm shift, Webb telescope spots ‘monster’ galaxies formed in early universe
Scientists thought it was an error when they saw super bright dots, indicating fully mature galaxies just 600 million years after Big Bang, suggesting previously unknown fast track
By Marcia Dunn
Countless glowing galaxies of all shapes and sizes speckling the black backdrop of space. Toward the center left, a red dot, a never-before-seen galaxy discovered by Webb.(NASA/ESA/CSA/Tommaso Treu - UCLA)
November 18, 2022, 4:07 am
Webb telescope spies likely oldest galaxies ever found, upending cosmic timeline
Two super-bright galaxies from universe’s earliest years point to stars possibly being formed 100 million years before previously thought, though more data needed to verify claim
By Agencies
This image released by NASA on October 19, 2022, shows the Pillars of Creation, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in near-infrared-light view. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via AP)
October 20, 2022, 4:27 pm
Webb telescope captures 1st ever star-filled picture of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
‘Ejections from stars that are still forming’ seen in image of gigantic gold, copper and brown columns in the midst of the cosmos, 6,500 light years from Earth
By AFP
This image provided by NASA on September 21, 2022, shows the Neptune system captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, revealing the planet’s rings, which have not been seen with this clarity in more than three decades. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via AP)
September 23, 2022, 1:45 pm
Images show rings of Neptune, solar system’s outermost planet, with dazzling clarity
Pictures taken by James Webb Space Telescope show not only planet’s thin rings, but also faint dust bands, never before observed in the infrared, as well as 7 of its 14 known moons
By Marcia Dunn
Four views of the planet named HIP 65426 b, captured by the James Webb telescope and released on September 1, 2022. (NASA/ESA/CSA, A Carter (UCSC), the ERS 1386 team, and A. Pagan (STScI)
September 4, 2022, 10:58 pm
James Webb telescope captures first image of a planet outside our solar system
Pioneering pictures of the exoplanet, called HIP 65426 b, show it to be an uninhabitable gas giant with no rocky surface
By AFP
This labeled image provided by NASA shows a false color composite image of Jupiter obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 27, 2022. The planet’s rings and some of its small satellites are visible along with background galaxies. (NASA)
August 23, 2022, 2:17 pm
James Webb telescope shows Jupiter as never before, with auroras and tiny moons
Photos capture unprecedented views of planet’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze
By Marcia Dunn
A picture of a chorizo sausage published by French professor Etienne Klein, who told followers it was an image of a star. (courtesy)
August 8, 2022, 5:59 pm
Scientist sorry for posting chorizo pic, telling readers it’s a star
Prominent French physicist Etienne Klein’s attempt at humor did not go down well with his social media followers, forcing him to publicly apologize for the deceptive post
By Ash Obel
A large pink, speckled galaxy resembling a wheel with a small, inner oval, with dusty blue in between on the right, with two smaller spiral galaxies about the same size to the left against a black background. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
August 3, 2022, 4:48 am
Webb telescope captures colorful Cartwheel Galaxy, 500 million light-years away
NASA reveals images of rare ring galaxy in the Sculptor constellation
By AFP
Illustrative: This image provided by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows Stephan's Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies captured by the Webb Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This mosaic was constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files, according to NASA. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via AP)
July 21, 2022, 8:35 am
Peering back in time, Webb telescope may have found most distant known galaxy
Images from orbiting system reveal indications of GLASS-z13, a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, just 300 million years after Big Bang
By Issam Ahmed
This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via AP)
July 12, 2022, 7:41 pm
Dying star, dancing galaxies, stellar nurseries captured by NASA’s new telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope’s use of the infrared light spectrum allows it to see through cosmic dust and give ‘a view of the humanity that we’ve never seen before,’ says NASA
By Seth Borenstein
US President Joe Biden listens during a briefing from NASA officials about the first images from the Webb Space Telescope, the highest-resolution images of the infrared universe ever captured, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, July 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 12, 2022, 4:17 pm
More breathtaking cosmic images to be released by the James Webb Telescope
Next pictures will reveal atmosphere of a faraway gas planet, a ‘stellar nursery’ where stars form
By AFP
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