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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH satellites launched via SpaceX Falcon 9, aiming to explore the universe's origins and study the solar wind. SPHEREx will map the sky in 102 infrared wavelengths, while PUNCH examines the Sun's corona. Both missions faced weather and technical delays.

2025-03-11T20:39:57.235561-07:00

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JWST Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet TWA 7 b

2025-06-25T08:03:37.570161-07:00

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James Webb Telescope Reduces Threat Level of Asteroid 2024 YR4

2025-04-02T14:16:00.117112-07:00

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Webb Captures Jupiter’s Auroras in Unprecedented Detail, Revealing Intensity and Rapid Fluctuations

2025-05-12T07:12:21.937334-07:00

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JWST Uncovers Dormant 'Sleeping Beauty' Galaxies in the First Billion Years NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified a population of quiescent galaxies spanning a wide mass range less than a billion years after the Big Bang. These ‘Sleeping Beauty’ systems challenge models of early galaxy growth by showing massive galaxies halted star formation far earlier than expected.

2025-08-11T11:05:54.117955-07:00

JWST Uncovers Dormant 'Sleeping Beauty' Galaxies in the First Billion Years

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JWST Foreshadows Sun’s Demise with Stunning Planetary Nebula Imaging The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest observations of a sun-like star in its planetary nebula phase reveal intricate structures sculpted by dying stellar winds and radiation, offering astronomers a preview of our sun’s ultimate fate billions of years from now.

2025-07-30T15:08:09.149788-07:00

JWST Foreshadows Sun’s Demise with Stunning Planetary Nebula Imaging

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James Webb Discovers Strange New Chemistry in Distant Region NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed an intriguing chemical environment in a distant region, prompting researchers to describe its composition as 'strange and exciting'. These observations may reshape our understanding of astrochemical processes in planet-forming and atmospheric contexts.

2025-07-21T15:08:29.253812-07:00

James Webb Discovers Strange New Chemistry in Distant Region

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JWST Marks Third Anniversary with Infrared View of Cat’s Paw Nebula NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope marked its third anniversary by unveiling a new mid-infrared image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a star-forming region about 4,000 light-years away in Scorpius, revealing dust-shrouded structures and newborn stars.

2025-07-10T14:04:37.103530-07:00

JWST Marks Third Anniversary with Infrared View of Cat’s Paw Nebula

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JWST Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet TWA 7 b NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first direct image of an exoplanet – a Saturn-mass world orbiting the nearby young star TWA 7, marking the lightest planet ever directly imaged and offering new insights into early planetary system formation.

2025-06-25T08:03:37.570161-07:00

JWST Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet TWA 7 b

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Webb Captures Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 Exoplanet System NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope has imaged two young exoplanets orbiting a sun-like star: YSES-1c, whose atmosphere hosts silicate clouds raining like sand, and sibling YSES-1b wrapped in a circumplanetary disk. These observations offer a rare window into early stages of planet and moon formation.

2025-06-11T09:07:15.337377-07:00

Webb Captures Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 Exoplanet System

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JWST Confirms Most Distant, Starbursting Galaxy in Universe’s Infancy New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal what appears to be the universe’s earliest known galaxy—a compact, starbursting system at record-breaking distance. The discovery offers fresh insight into galaxy formation and reionization processes in the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

2025-05-30T14:02:43.316056-07:00

JWST Confirms Most Distant, Starbursting Galaxy in Universe’s Infancy

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James Webb Detects Frozen Water Ice in Protoplanetary Disk Around Young Star NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected frozen water ice in the protoplanetary disk of a distant young star, marking the first direct observation of icy bodies beyond our solar system. This finding sheds light on the delivery of life-essential volatiles to nascent planets during their formative stages.

2025-05-24T03:14:39.988838-07:00

James Webb Detects Frozen Water Ice in Protoplanetary Disk Around Young Star

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