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JWST delivers first 3D atmospheric map of hot‑Jupiter WASP‑18b, revealing zone hot enough to break water

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have produced the first three‑dimensional map of an exoplanet atmosphere — WASP‑18b, a hot Jupiter ~325 light‑years away — revealing temperature zones and a dayside region hot enough to break apart water vapor.

2025-10-29T12:17:50.554658-07:00

Associated Press

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions

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

New Scientist

JWST discovers new Uranus moon S/2025 U1 — a ~6-mile satellite between Ophelia and Bianca

2025-08-19T12:05:01.380460-07:00

Space.com

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

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

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JWST makes first extragalactic detection of complex organic molecules around a star NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has for the first time detected complex organic molecules in the circumstellar environment of a star located in another galaxy, marking the first extragalactic identification of such compounds and extending JWST's spectroscopic reach beyond the Milky Way.

2025-11-07T10:09:35.310928-08:00

JWST makes first extragalactic detection of complex organic molecules around a star

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JWST Spots “BiRD”: Massive red supermassive black hole in the early universe NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected an exceptionally red, massive supermassive black hole — nicknamed “BiRD” — in the early universe. The bright red point in JWST infrared imaging signals rapid, early black‑hole growth within the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

2025-11-04T15:04:35.156620-08:00

JWST Spots “BiRD”: Massive red supermassive black hole in the early universe

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JWST delivers first 3D atmospheric map of hot‑Jupiter WASP‑18b, revealing zone hot enough to break water Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have produced the first three‑dimensional map of an exoplanet atmosphere — WASP‑18b, a hot Jupiter ~325 light‑years away — revealing temperature zones and a dayside region hot enough to break apart water vapor.

2025-10-29T12:17:50.554658-07:00

JWST delivers first 3D atmospheric map of hot‑Jupiter WASP‑18b, revealing zone hot enough to break water

Space.com

JWST captures dust‑shrouded red supergiant in final moments before supernova The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed infrared view yet of a red supergiant in the moments before it exploded, revealing a star cloaked in unprecedented layers of cosmic dust. Astronomers call it the "reddest, dustiest" red supergiant observed to undergo a supernova.

2025-10-08T06:04:55.443464-07:00

JWST captures dust‑shrouded red supergiant in final moments before supernova

Space.com

Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition partners with ESA to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope Artist Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition, developed with ESA’s Webb team, celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope through original artwork that interprets the telescope's discoveries and instruments. The show translates JWST science into public-facing cultural experiences.

2025-10-05T08:12:32.687054-07:00

Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition partners with ESA to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope

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JWST captures clearest-ever image of M87's supermassive black hole jet The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the clearest-ever infrared image of the jet from the M87 galaxy's supermassive black hole — the same black hole astronomers first photographed — revealing unprecedented jet structure and providing new constraints on accretion and relativistic outflow physics.

2025-10-02T14:09:10.172352-07:00

JWST captures clearest-ever image of M87's supermassive black hole jet

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JWST detects carbon-rich, moon-forming circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has directly measured the chemical and physical properties of a carbon‑rich circumplanetary disk around the young, Jupiter‑mass exoplanet CT Cha b, about 625 light‑years away — the first detailed characterization of a potential moon‑forming disk around a massive planet.

2025-09-29T07:15:53.056965-07:00

JWST detects carbon-rich, moon-forming circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b

CBS News

James Webb unveils hidden stellar nurseries and massive-star populations in Sagittarius B2 The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared view yet of Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s largest and most vigorous star-forming molecular cloud near the galactic centre, revealing dense populations of newborn and massive stars, fine gas structures and complex magnetic fields.

2025-09-25T07:06:21.669088-07:00

James Webb unveils hidden stellar nurseries and massive-star populations in Sagittarius B2

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