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Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.
On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...
Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.
The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright objects on telescope images. The stars follow a nine-year orbit and are ...
NASA has launched a new project that lets everyday people team up with scientists to explore space. The goal is simple: help ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula ...
This new Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features an astounding number of galaxies. The objects in this frame span an incredible range of distances ...
The images, taken from the James Webb Space Telescope, show one of the two stars in the centre shed its layers of gas and dust as it approaches the end of its life cycle. Web's distinct mid ...
In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission to make infrared observations. This was the ...
Scientists observed and captured the first clear evidence of auroras on Neptune using the James Webb Space Telescope ... are located on Earth. In images taken by JWST, the bright auroras on ...
To see that, look no further than the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which recently turned its gaze toward a planetary nebula called NGC 1514. According to NASA ...