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Webb Telescope Finds CO2 for First Time in Exoplanet Atmosphere

The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. Although the exoplanet would never be able to support life as we know it, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Remarkable’ new images of Jupiter captured by James Webb space telescope

Astronomers hope new images ofJupiter will uncover clues about the giant planet’s inner life

Evening Standard

Webb Telescope discovers an “amazing” galaxy from the edge of time

The James Webb Space Telescope just broke another record that could reveal the “dark ages” of space.

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French scientist says James Webb telescope sends back stunning picture of . . . a Spanish sausage!

A red ball of fire, glowing menacingly against a black background. This, prominent French scientist Etienne Klein declared, was the latest astonishing picture taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun. In fact, the object came from Klein's fridge!

Radio France Internationale

Stunning images of Cartwheel Galaxy captured by James Webb Space Telescope

NEW images from the James Webb Space Telescope have been released.

The National (Scotland)

Inside Edinburgh's Royal Observatory where scientists look for signs of life on other planets

A team in Edinburgh are behind the most groundbreaking and scientifically important images captured of our universe to date. The Edinburgh Royal Observatory team talks about the James Webb Space Telescope, early STEM education, and Scottish innovation in an exclusive tour and interview.

Edinburgh Live

Is the James Webb Space Telescope finding the furthest, oldest, youngest or first galaxies? An astronomer explains

We’ve now seen the first data from the James Webb Space Telescope. It has observed the atmospheres of distant planets, groups of nearby galaxies, galaxy light bent by unseen dark matter, and clouds of gas and dust in stellar nurseries.

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The James Webb Space Telescope may have just found its first supernova

This could be the first step to studying the oldest explosions in the universe.

Inverse

From the Lab: James Webb space telescope captures images of glittering galaxies

Even though it has only recently started taking observations, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured some of the sharpest and most detailed images of galaxies, nebulae and the distant universe.

Radio France Internationale

VIEWPOINT 1: The Webb telescope is a bargain

Those spectacular pictures of galaxies forming at a time very near the origin of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope came at a pretty price: $9.7 billion, to be precise. It is fair to ask, “Is the Webb telescope project worth the price?”

Tribune News Service

Webb Telescope May Have Already Found Most Distant Known Galaxy

Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analyzed the data said Wednesday. Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy dates back to 300 million years after the Big…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The new science coming from the James Webb telescope has astronomers giddy

In the week since the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were unveiled, astronomers have been poring through all the observations it's made so far--and they're happily overwhelmed.

WEKU

The wonders and terrors of modern technology evoke the ancient concept of the sublime, and present us with a choice

In recent weeks the world has been awed by the first series of colour images to emerge from the James Webb Space Telescope. A celestial concert, the images of swirling galaxies and conflagrations of gas presented an unprecedented view of the early cosmos. US President Joe Biden spoke of the…

The Conversation

A micrometeoroid damages James Webb

Astronomers anticipated that micrometeoroids would hit the telescope, but the damage caused so far was unexpected

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How much did NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope cost?

The telescope’s development process cost $10 billion over 17 years.

Inverse

Strike! Webb report reveals extent of damage from unexpectedly large micrometeor

One of the James Webb Space Telescope's mirror segments suffered unexpected damage from a piece of space dust. Will there be more?

The Conversation

Will NASA rename the James Webb Space Telescope? A space expert explains the Lavender Scare controversy

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are astounding. With its deep infrared eyes, the telescope is illuminating regions of the Universe with never-before-possible clarity.

ABC News

Perth astrophysicist boosted by James Webb Space Telescope as he strives to measure galaxies

Robin Cook uses cutting-edge technology at WA's International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research to measure galaxies, and his research has just been made easier with the James Webb Space Telescope.

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How the James Webb Space Telescope's images are made

We can't see what the telescope see.

The Canberra Times

What the James Webb Space Telescope offers that Hubble cannot

Compared to Hubble, the James Webb can see the first (and oldest) galaxies form in detail.

Newsroom.co.nz

The 13.7b year journey of the universe just became much clearer

The images from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope allow us to trace the evolution of the universe and our galaxy, and to understand our own origins, says Jan J Eldridge

Inverse

The Webb Telescope’s search for life in space may take longer than expected

The James Webb Space Telescope will investigate the TRAPPIST-1 system in its first cycle of research programs.

Chicago Sun-Times

The feds sue the Cubs, Chicago astronomers get to use the James Webb Space Telescope and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The Conversation

To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it's possible to do so

The ingredients for life are spread throughout the universe. While Earth is the only known place in the universe with life, detecting life beyond Earth is a major goal of modern astronomy and planetary science.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: hundreds of billions of stars. Now let’s search them for life

For astrobiologists like me, the first image from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals infinite possibilities of life beyond Earth, says Louisa Preston of University College London

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